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Weimar intellectuals and the threat of modernity / Dagmar Barnouw.
LIBRA DD239 .B37 1988
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnouw, Dagmar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ideology.
- Civilization, Modern--20th century.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Germany.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- ..". the range, power, and archival resourcefulness of Barnouw'sbook will make it impossible for anyone working in the field to ignore this powerfuland disturbing historical meditation on the societal function and responsibility ofthe intellecutual." -- The German Quarterly -- ..". a workof real value for patient readers." -- American Journal ofSociology -- ..". a forceful and compelling thesis thatchallenges our understanding of several seminal figures writing during the firsthalf of the century." -- Monatshefte -- In this challengingstudy of a complex period, Barnouw investigates the works of seven representativefigures of the Weimar republic: Walter Rahtenau, Robert Musil, Thomas Mann, WalterBenjamin, Ernst J nger, Hermann Broch, and Alfred D blin.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0253364272
- OCLC:
- 16351619
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