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The twofold politics of psychiatry: Ernst RĂŒdin and the German delegation at the International Congress of Child Psychiatry in Paris, 1937
At the First International Congress of Child Psychiatry held in Paris in 1937, the German delegation was led by Ernst RĂŒdin, a fervent eugenicist, and president of the Society of German Neurologists and Psychiatrists (GDNP). RĂŒdin had a twofold political agenda: on the one hand, he acted beyond the medical community in the broader framework of German foreign policy which aimed at the expansion of Germanyâs international reputation. On the other hand, he sought to secure the core claims of the GDNP as a professional body. It was his aim to integrate the newly emerging field of child psychiatry firmly into the broader field of psychiatry and neurology. The article reconstructs the politico-legal ramifications within which German physicians acted when attending professional conferences abroad and the broader context of the international congresses in Paris in 1937. Finally, it describes the impact of these contexts on the lectures of the German delegates.Au congrĂšs international de Psychiatrie de lâenfant tenu Ă Paris en 1937, la dĂ©lĂ©gation allemande Ă©tait conduite par Ernst RĂŒdin, un eugĂ©niste fervent et le prĂ©sident de lâAssociation des neurologues et psychiatres allemands (GDPN). RĂŒdin avait un double objectif politique : dâune part placer lâaction de sa communautĂ© mĂ©dicale dans le cadre plus global de la politique Ă©trangĂšre de son pays en contribuant Ă la consolidation de la rĂ©putation de lâAllemagne Ă lâĂ©tranger. Dâautre part, il cherchait Ă rĂ©pondre aux principales attentes de la GDPN en tant quâinstance professionnelle. Il avait pour objectif dâintĂ©grer la psychiatrie de lâenfant, une spĂ©cialitĂ© Ă©mergente, dans le champ plus gĂ©nĂ©ral de la psychiatrie et de la neurologie. Cet article reconstruit les ramifications politiques et le contexte lĂ©gal que les mĂ©decins allemands devaient prendre en compte quand ils participaient Ă des confĂ©rences internationales se tenant Ă lâĂ©tranger et plus particuliĂšrement lors de ce congrĂšs de 1937 Ă Paris. En outre, lâarticle dĂ©crit lâimpact de ces contextes sur les interventions des dĂ©lĂ©guĂ©s allemands