Weimar Intellectuals and the Threat of Modernity

Name: Weimar Intellectuals and the Threat of Modernity
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ISBN: 9780253364272

ISBN-10: 0253364272

ISBN-13: 9780253364272

Edition: 1988

Authors: Dagmar Barnouw

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In this challenging study of a complex period, Barnouw investigates the works of seven representative figures of the Weimar republic: Walter Rahtenau, Robert Musil, Thomas Mann, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Jnger, Hermann Broch, and Alfred Dblin.

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/22/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 356
Size: 6.45" wide x 9.55" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Tempted by Distance: Intellectuals and the Gey Republic



The Problem of Experience



The Threatened Self: Walter Rathenau and the Politics of Wholeness



Ulrich, a Life: Robert Musil and the Experiment of the Real



-Placet Experiri?+ Thomas Mann and the Charms of Entelechy



The Seductions of Redemption



Marxist Creationism: Walter Benjamin and the Authority of the Critic



The Magic Spaces of Terror: Ernst Junger and the Aesthetics of Authenticity



Redemptive Narration: Hermann Broch, Alfred Doblin, and the Metaphysics of Community


Epilogue: That Certain Grey Veil of West German Boredom


Notes


Index