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Historische Anthropologie, 2021

The nineteenth century gave birth to a new concept of society as an autonomous sphere based on co... more The nineteenth century gave birth to a new concept of society as an autonomous sphere based on communication. However, it has hardly been examined to what extent modern ideas of society were shaped by the advent of new communication technologies such as optical telegraphy. The article focuses on the optical telegraph’s entanglements with concepts of the social in early nineteenth-century Europe. It shows how enlightenment theories of regenerating society by reforming communication paved the way for the telegraph in revolutionary France. The article then discusses how, in post-revolutionary Europe, the telegraph symbolized for contemporaries a growing autonomy of social dynamics. Furthermore, during the 1820s and 1830s observers began to describe face-to-face interactions in the language of telegraphy, thus interweaving the concepts of society and communication.

Francia. Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte, 2020

The relevance of communication media from the point of view of security policy, at first glance, ... more The relevance of communication media from the point of view of security policy, at first glance, appears to be self-evident. However, a closer inspection of optical telegraphy, in use in France between 1794 and 1854, makes it clear that this early form of communication technology was employed in security policy contexts although it was not explicitly made the object of security policy until the 1830s. The paper therefore asks how communication technology became a se-curity policy issue in its own right during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy. By way of a case study, the use of state telegraphy in Lyon, particularly during the different internal security crises that occurred between 1815 and 1837, is explored to ascertain how an often conspiracy-theory-based fear of uncontrolled communication contributed to the media and national security being linked with each other. Political action began to be guided by this link-age from the mid-1830s onwards. By focussing on the security practices and telegraphy in the capital city of a French department the paper also makes a contribution to the administration’s media history. On the basis of synchronisation problems between the telegraph and its media environment, the paper also discusses the changes in the conditions of space and time in the early 19th century.

Die sicherheitspolitische Relevanz von Kommunikationsmedien wirkt zunächst selbstverständlich. Blickt man auf den optischen Telegrafen, der in Frankreich zwischen 1794 und 1854 in Gebrauch war, so zeigt sich jedoch, dass dieses frühe technische Kommunikationsmedium zwar von Beginn an sicherheitspolitisch genutzt wurde, aber erst in den 1830er-Jahren explizit zum Gegenstand von Sicherheitspolitik gemacht wurde. Der Artikel fragt darum, wie Kommunikationstechnologie in Restauration und Julimonarchie zu einem sicherheitspolitischen Problemfeld eigenen Rechts avancierte. Anhand In einer Fallstudie, die die Nutzung des Staatstelegrafen in Lyon zwischen 1815 und 1837 vor allem während Krisen der inneren Sicherheit in den Blick nimmt, wird herausgearbeitet, wie eine häufig verschwörungstheoretisch geprägte Furcht vor unkontrollierter Kommunikation zur diskursiven Verknüpfung von Medien und Sicherheit beitrug. Diese Verknüpfung wurde in der Mitte der 1830er-Jahre politisch handlungsleitend. Durch den Fokus auf Sicherheitspraxis und Telegrafie in der Hauptstadt eines Departements leistet der Artikel zugleich einen Beitrag zur Mediengeschichte der Verwaltung. Indem Anhand der Probleme der Synchronisationsprobleme zwischen dem Telegrafen und seiner medialen Umwelt herausgearbeitet werden, wird auch der Wandel der Raum- und Zeitverhältnisse im frühen 19. Jahrhundert diskutiert.

Book Reviews by Konrad Hauber

GHIL Bulletin, 2021

History is in crisis. At least this is what a number of reports and articles imply. They suggest ... more History is in crisis. At least this is what a number of reports and articles imply. They suggest that academic history is suffer ing from a decline in public rele vance, if not in graduate numbers. 1 Histor ians such as Jo Guldi, David Armitage, and Niall Ferguson have made the

Historische Anthropologie, 2021

The nineteenth century gave birth to a new concept of society as an autonomous sphere based on co... more The nineteenth century gave birth to a new concept of society as an autonomous sphere based on communication. However, it has hardly been examined to what extent modern ideas of society were shaped by the advent of new communication technologies such as optical telegraphy. The article focuses on the optical telegraph’s entanglements with concepts of the social in early nineteenth-century Europe. It shows how enlightenment theories of regenerating society by reforming communication paved the way for the telegraph in revolutionary France. The article then discusses how, in post-revolutionary Europe, the telegraph symbolized for contemporaries a growing autonomy of social dynamics. Furthermore, during the 1820s and 1830s observers began to describe face-to-face interactions in the language of telegraphy, thus interweaving the concepts of society and communication.

Francia. Forschungen zur westeuropäischen Geschichte, 2020

The relevance of communication media from the point of view of security policy, at first glance, ... more The relevance of communication media from the point of view of security policy, at first glance, appears to be self-evident. However, a closer inspection of optical telegraphy, in use in France between 1794 and 1854, makes it clear that this early form of communication technology was employed in security policy contexts although it was not explicitly made the object of security policy until the 1830s. The paper therefore asks how communication technology became a se-curity policy issue in its own right during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy. By way of a case study, the use of state telegraphy in Lyon, particularly during the different internal security crises that occurred between 1815 and 1837, is explored to ascertain how an often conspiracy-theory-based fear of uncontrolled communication contributed to the media and national security being linked with each other. Political action began to be guided by this link-age from the mid-1830s onwards. By focussing on the security practices and telegraphy in the capital city of a French department the paper also makes a contribution to the administration’s media history. On the basis of synchronisation problems between the telegraph and its media environment, the paper also discusses the changes in the conditions of space and time in the early 19th century.

Die sicherheitspolitische Relevanz von Kommunikationsmedien wirkt zunächst selbstverständlich. Blickt man auf den optischen Telegrafen, der in Frankreich zwischen 1794 und 1854 in Gebrauch war, so zeigt sich jedoch, dass dieses frühe technische Kommunikationsmedium zwar von Beginn an sicherheitspolitisch genutzt wurde, aber erst in den 1830er-Jahren explizit zum Gegenstand von Sicherheitspolitik gemacht wurde. Der Artikel fragt darum, wie Kommunikationstechnologie in Restauration und Julimonarchie zu einem sicherheitspolitischen Problemfeld eigenen Rechts avancierte. Anhand In einer Fallstudie, die die Nutzung des Staatstelegrafen in Lyon zwischen 1815 und 1837 vor allem während Krisen der inneren Sicherheit in den Blick nimmt, wird herausgearbeitet, wie eine häufig verschwörungstheoretisch geprägte Furcht vor unkontrollierter Kommunikation zur diskursiven Verknüpfung von Medien und Sicherheit beitrug. Diese Verknüpfung wurde in der Mitte der 1830er-Jahre politisch handlungsleitend. Durch den Fokus auf Sicherheitspraxis und Telegrafie in der Hauptstadt eines Departements leistet der Artikel zugleich einen Beitrag zur Mediengeschichte der Verwaltung. Indem Anhand der Probleme der Synchronisationsprobleme zwischen dem Telegrafen und seiner medialen Umwelt herausgearbeitet werden, wird auch der Wandel der Raum- und Zeitverhältnisse im frühen 19. Jahrhundert diskutiert.

GHIL Bulletin, 2021

History is in crisis. At least this is what a number of reports and articles imply. They suggest ... more History is in crisis. At least this is what a number of reports and articles imply. They suggest that academic history is suffer ing from a decline in public rele vance, if not in graduate numbers. 1 Histor ians such as Jo Guldi, David Armitage, and Niall Ferguson have made the