»Beamtengefühl«

Autor(en)
Therese Garstenauer
Abstrakt

Research on emotions in the 20th century has shown that in the period after WWI there has been a general tendency to control and suppress the display (if not the experience) of emotions. Based on various sources such as conduct books, autobiographical prose, and disciplinary files this article highlights the role emotions played in civil service in interwar Austria. Emotions could be a disturbance of administrative procedure and everyday office life, but they clearly served to regulate power and gender relations between colleagues, and to define personal boundaries. Specific focus is placed on the interrelation of emotions and political affiliations of government employees, on the particularities of greeting in the office, and on „Beamtengefühl“ – a special feature of this socio-professional group.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
Journal
Administory. Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsgeschichte
Anzahl der Seiten
19
Publikationsdatum
11-2018
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
601016 Österreichische Geschichte, 601005 Europäische Geschichte
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/87a5792f-3b74-4063-b086-1234c152ad0f