The Austrian Dimension In German Intellectual History

Author : David S. Luft
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350202214

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The Austrian Dimension in German Intellectual History by David S. Luft Pdf

Tracing Austrian intellectual life from Maria Theresa to Hitler's annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, this innovative book offers a precise and engaging account of Austrian intellectual history since the Enlightenment. Here, David S. Luft begins by locating his narrative in the region known as Cisleithanian Austria, the area to the west of the Leitha River that was the basis for the modern Austrian state after 1740. Chapter 2 provides a history of the German-speaking intellectual life of these central lands of the Habsburg Monarchy (Austria and Bohemia) from the Enlightenment to annexation by Nazi Germany. Chapters 3 to 5 identify the most important philosophers, writers, and social thinkers who contributed to Austrian intellectual life in the period between 1740 and 1938/1939 and address the intellectual significance of their work. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Luft's book brings out the contributions of major figures such as Wittgenstein, Hofmannsthal, Musil, Kafka, Rilke, and Freud, but also draws attention to less well-known figures such as Bolzano, Brentano, Grillparzer, Stifter, Broch, and Hayek.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0002556804

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Intellectual History of Germany by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Pdf

Author : Axel Fair-Schulz,Mario Kessler
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739150481

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German Scholars in Exile by Axel Fair-Schulz,Mario Kessler Pdf

German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Their experiences ranged from an outstanding career at an Ivy-League university to a return to the German Democratic Republic and a position as an economic advisor to East Berlin's party leadership. None had actual political power, but many asserted some degree of influence. Their intellecutal legacies can still be seen in today's political culture.

Author : Mark E. Blum
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498595230

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German and Austrian-German Historical Thought in the Modern Era by Mark E. Blum Pdf

Every nation develops a narrative structure for thinking about history that is generated by its own historical experience. In this study, the German and Austrian-German “historias”—the way narratives of factual significance are structured as the “story” of events—are shown in their sameness from the late 1600s to the present. This “historia” shapes the emphasis of how meaning is articulated among the historians of a society. The author argues that German and Austrian-German societies would benefit from understanding the constrictions and oversights generated by the narrative style of their traditional historias.

Author : H. Glenn Penny,Matti Bunzl
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0472089269

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Worldly Provincialism by H. Glenn Penny,Matti Bunzl Pdf

Worldly Provincialism introduces readers to German anthropology during the age of empire and illustrates how the initial motives and interests that gave birth to German anthropology were channeled and shaped by contexts as various as romantic voyages in the South Pacific, the Herero wars in Southwest Africa, open-air presentations of exotic peoples in Berlin, and prison camps during World War I. It also shows that Germans' unique intellectual traditions, their emphasis on concepts of culture, and the late arrival of both the German nation-state and the German colonial empire affected their interest in and relationships with non-Europeans. Worldly Provincialism confirms that there is no justification for presupposing that Europeans shared a common cultural code while abroad or for assuming that they would have behaved similarly during their interactions with non-Europeans. Thus, we must rethink the relationships among anthropology, colonialism, and race. It also forces a rethinking of our understanding of race in the nineteenth century, when race science emerged and eclipsed many alternative racial theories. H. Glenn Penny is Assistant Professor of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Matti Bunzl is Aaron and Robin Fischer Assistant Professor of Jewish Culture and Society, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Author : Janek Wasserman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801455223

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Black Vienna by Janek Wasserman Pdf

Interwar Vienna was considered a bastion of radical socialist thought, and its reputation as "Red Vienna" has loomed large in both the popular imagination and the historiography of Central Europe. However, as Janek Wasserman shows in this book, a “Black Vienna” existed as well; its members voiced critiques of the postwar democratic order, Jewish inclusion, and Enlightenment values, providing a theoretical foundation for Austrian and Central European fascist movements. Looking at the complex interplay between intellectuals, the public, and the state, he argues that seemingly apolitical Viennese intellectuals, especially conservative ones, dramatically affected the course of Austrian history. While Red Viennese intellectuals mounted an impressive challenge in cultural and intellectual forums throughout the city, radical conservatism carried the day. Black Viennese intellectuals hastened the destruction of the First Republic, facilitating the establishment of the Austrofascist state and paving the way for Anschluss with Nazi Germany. Closely observing the works and actions of Viennese reformers, journalists, philosophers, and scientists, Wasserman traces intellectual, social, and political developments in the Austrian First Republic while highlighting intellectuals' participation in the growing worldwide conflict between socialism, conservatism, and fascism. Vienna was a microcosm of larger developments in Europe—the rise of the radical right and the struggle between competing ideological visions. By focusing on the evolution of Austrian conservatism, Wasserman complicates post–World War II narratives about Austrian anti-fascism and Austrian victimhood.

Author : Günter Bischof,Fritz Plasser,Peter Berger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Austria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213145357

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From Empire to Republic by Günter Bischof,Fritz Plasser,Peter Berger Pdf

After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Austria transformed itself from an empire to a small Central European country. Formerly an important player in international affairs, the new republic was quickly sidelined by the European concert of powers. The enormous losses of territory and population in Austria's post-Habsburg state of existence, however, did not result in a political, economic, cultural, and intellectual black hole. The essays in the twentieth anniversary volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies argue that the small Austrian nation found its place in the global arena of the twentieth century and made a mark both on Europe and the world. Be it Freudian psychoanalysis, the "fin-de-siècle" Vienna culture of modernism, Austro-Marxist thought, or the Austrian School of Economics, Austrian hinkers and ideas were still wielding a notable impact on the world. Alongside these cultural and intellectual dimensions, Vienna remained the Austrian capital and reasserted its strong position in Central European and international business and finance. Innovative Austrian companies are operating all over the globe. This volume also examines how the globalizing world of the twentieth century has impacted Austrian demography, society, and political life. Austria's place in the contemporary world is increasingly determined by the forces of the European integration process. European Union membership brings about convergence and a regional orientation with ramifications for Austria's global role. Austria emerges in the essays of this volume as a highly globalized country with an economy, society, and political culture deeply grounded in Europe. The globalization of Austria, it appears, turns out to be in many instances an "Europeanization."

Author : Dominick LaCapra,Steven L. Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048775491

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Modern European Intellectual History by Dominick LaCapra,Steven L. Kaplan Pdf

Author : David S. Luft
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612491943

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal and the Austrian Idea by David S. Luft Pdf

The Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) was one of the great modernists in the German language, but his importance as a major intellectual of the early twentieth century has not received adequate attention in the English-speaking world. One distinguished literary scholar of his generation called Hofmannsthal a "spiritual-moral authority" of a kind German culture had only rarely produced. This volume provides translations of essays that deal with the Austrian idea and with the distinctive position of German-speaking Austrians between German nationalism and peoples to the East, whether in the Habsburg Monarchy or beyond it, as well as essays that locate Hofmannsthal's thinking about Austria in relation to the broader situation of German and European culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Conservatism
ISBN : UOM:39015073052006

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The Salisbury Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wolfgang Mieder,Hazel Kahn Keimowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN : UOM:39015050157588

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Shifting Paradigms in German-Jewish Relations (1750-2000) by Wolfgang Mieder,Hazel Kahn Keimowitz Pdf

Author : Friedrich Stadler,Peter Weibel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Austria
ISBN : UOM:39015037428367

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The Cultural Exodus from Austria by Friedrich Stadler,Peter Weibel Pdf

Erstmals wird im ersten Teil dieses Buches die österreichische Exil- und Emigrationsforschung über die „Vertriebene Vernunft und Kunst“ in englischer Sprache dokumentiert. Mit Beiträgen über den kulturellen Exodus (Wissenschaft, Literatur, Film, Theater, Musik, Architektur und bildende Kunst) in der Epoche des Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus mit den spürbaren Folgen bis zur Gegenwart wird der durch Vertreibung und Vernichtung vom Lande selbst verursachte geistige Verlust zwischen Kontinuität und Bruch thematisiert. Die Forschungsbeiträge von vorwiegend jüngeren österreichischen WissenschaftlerInnen werden durch (auto)biographische Texte von – heute prominenten – vertriebenen Österreichern und Vertretern des Widerstandes bereichert.Im zweiten, dokumentarischen Teil sind rund 4000 Kurzbiographien der österreichischen kulturellen Emigration in Form von 5 Datenbanken (Wissenschaft, Literatur, Film/Theater, Musik, bildende Kunst/Architektur) in deutscher Sprache sowie durch eine umfassende Dokumentation der österreichischen Exilzeitschriften (1933–1945) abgedrucktDamit stellt diese Publikation ein reich illustriertes Lese- und Materialienbuch zum kulturellen Exodus aus Österreich dar, dessen Aktualität auch in der heutigen Rolle Österreichs als (R)Emigrations- und Immigrationsland nach der „Wende 1989/90“ liegt.

Author : Christhard Hoffmann
Publisher : J.C.B. Mohr (P. Siebeck)
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060993212

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Preserving the Legacy of German Jewry by Christhard Hoffmann Pdf

Author : Eugene Newton Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Classical education
ISBN : WISC:89097433668

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The Humanities in the German and Austrian Universities by Eugene Newton Anderson Pdf

Author : Paul Harrison Silfen
Publisher : Hicksville, N.Y. : Exposition Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000003162737

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Essays in French and German History by Paul Harrison Silfen Pdf