The liquidation of exile : studies in the intellectual emigration of the 1930s / David Kettler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kettler, David.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Key issues in modern sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--Foreign countries--History--20th century.

Germans.

Exiles--Germany--History--20th century.

Exiles.

Intellectuals--Germany--History--20th century.

Intellectuals.

History.

Germans--Foreign countries.

Germany.

Political refugees--Germany--History--20th century.

Political refugees.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Emigration and immigration.

Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

viii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2011.

Summary:

Kettler (Social Studies, Bard College, New York; emeritus, political and cultural studies, Trent U., Ontario, Canada) was born in Germany in 1930, and moved to the US in 1940, as part of the "second wave" generation of refugees from Nazi Germany. He begins by offering a multifaceted exploration of the concept of exile and its "rich and contested history as a concept in political, literary, and religious reflection." In subsequent chapters he discusses Nina Ruginstein's exile studies, Hans Mayer, Franz L. Neumann, and Erich Kaler. He devotes a chapter to a genre he calls "First Letters"--"written as soon as possible after the war by refugees from Nazi Germany to someone known to them earlier who had remained in Germany during the Hitler years." The final chapter is an "autobiographical exercise." The book is distributed by Books International, Inc. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The study of intellectual exile: a paradigm

Self-knowledge and sociology: Nina Rubinstein's exile studies

A German subject to recall: Hans Mayer as internationalist, cosmopolitan, outsider and/or exile

Exile as process: the case of Franz L. Neumann

The symbolic uses of exile: Erich Kahler at Ohio State

First letters: the liquidation of exile?

The second wave: an autobiographical exercise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

0857287931

9780857287939

OCLC:

704384368

Publisher Number:

99946472333