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1、SocialHistoryofMedicineVol.20,No.3pp.441–464ArticlesAfterDeath/After-’Life’:TheSocialHistoryofMedicineinPost-PostmodernityRogerCooter*Summary.Wellsupportedandinstitutionalised,thesocialhistoryofmedicinethrives.Itsresearchagendaisinfinitelyexpandable,anditshumanistsentimentscontinuetotouchemotiona
2、lcords.Poli-ticallyandintellectually,however,itissterile.Inamaterialandintellectualworldthatisradicallydifferentfromtheoneinwhichitcameintobeing,thesocialhistoryofmedicinehaslostitscapacityseriouslytoengage.Thispapersuggeststhatmedico-centrichistoriansnotonlyhavetheexpertisetore-engagewiththecon
3、temporarybio-centricworld,butthattheyhaveneedtodoso,and,more-over,everyreasontotaketothetaskenthusiastically.Crucialtomovingonisunderstandingandseriouslyengagingwiththemoral-politicalandepistemologicallandscapesformedicineanditshistoriography,pastandpresent.Keywords:historiography;Foucault;biome
4、dicineAccordingtoonesetofsongsters,...weknowwhereweregoinButwedontknowwherewevebeen.Andweknowwhatwereknowin1Butwecantsaywhatweveseen.ButforhistoriansofmedicineIthinknot.Moretheopposite.Certainly,weoncebelievedwewereonaroadtosomewhereandthoughtweknewprettywellwherewe’dbeenandwhatwe’dseen.Thecreat
5、ionoftheSocietyfortheSocialHistoryofMedicinein1970wastestamenttothat,aswerethemanymissionstatementsthatprecededand2followedthefoundingofSocialHistoryofMedicinein1988.Butitisnotsocertainthatwereallyknewwherewewerecomingfrom,orknewwhatwe’dseen,beyondobviouspoliticaltrajectoriesandhistoriographical
6、landmarks.Afterall,howcanyouseetheairyoubreathe?Andforthissamereason,plusothers,itisevenlesscertainthatwenowknowwhatwe’reknowing(ornot),orthatwehavemuchideaofwherewe’regoing—supposingofcoursethatanyoneisgoinganywhere,thatthetracksarelinear,thatroadsarenarratives,andthattheyproceedinonlyonedirect
7、ion—suppositionsthemselvesquiterevealing.Yetneverbeforehastheneedbeengreatertounderstandwherewe’vecomefromasameanstoobtainingabetterpurchaseontheplacewherewe’vearrived.Notthat‘arrive’is*WellcomeTrustCentrefortheHistoryofMedi
