Weimar thought : a contested legacy / editors, Peter E. Gordon, John P. McCormick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, Peter Eli.

McCormick, John P., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Germany--History--20th century.

Social sciences.

Humanities--Germany--History--20th century.

Humanities.

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

Political culture.

Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.

Germany.

Germany--History--1918-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 451 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During its short lifespan, the Weimar Republic (1918-33) witnessed an unprecedented flowering of achievements in many areas, including psychology, political theory, physics, philosophy, literary and cultural criticism, and the arts. Leading intellectuals, scholars, and critics--such as Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, and Martin Heidegger--emerged during this time to become the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century. Even today, the Weimar era remains a vital resource for new intellectual movements. In this incomparable collection, Weimar Thought presents both the specialist and the general reader a comprehensive guide and unified portrait of the most important innovators, themes, and trends of this fascinating period. The book is divided into four thematic sections: law, politics, and society; philosophy, theology, and science; aesthetics, literature, and film; and general cultural and social themes of the Weimar period. The volume brings together established and emerging scholars from a remarkable array of fields, and each individual essay serves as an overview for a particular discipline while offering distinctive critical engagement with relevant problems and debates. Whether used as an introductory companion or advanced scholarly resource, Weimar Thought provides insight into the rich developments behind the intellectual foundations of modernity.

Contents:

Introduction : Weimar thought : continuity and crisis / Peter E. Gordon and John P. McCormick

Weimar sociology / David Kettler and Colin Loader

Weimar psychology : holistic visions and trained intuition / Mitchell G. Ash

Legal theory and the Weimar crisis of law and social change / John P. McCormick

The legacy of Max Weber in Weimar political and social theory / Dana Villa

Kulturphilosophie in Weimar modernism / John Michael Krois

Weimar philosophy and the fate of neo-Kantianism / Frederick Beiser

Weimar philosophy and the crisis of historical thinking / Charles Bambach

Weimar theology : from historicism to crisis / Peter E. Gordon

Method, moment, and crisis in Weimar science / Cathryn Carson

Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, and Weimar criticism / Michael Jennings

Writers and politics in the Weimar Republic / Karin Gunnemann

Aesthetic fundamentalism in Weimar poetry : Stefan George and his circle, 1918-1933 / Martin A. Ruehl

Weimar film theory / Sabine Hake

The politics of art and architecture at the Bauhaus, 1919-1933 / John V. Maciuika

Aby Warburg and the secularization of the image / Michael P. Steinberg

Eastern wisdom in an era of western despair : orientalism in 1920s Central Europe / Susanne Marchand

Weimar femininity : within and beyond the law / Tracie Matysik

The Weimar left : theory and practice / Martin Jay

The aftermath : reflections on the culture and ideology of national socialism / Anson Rabinbach

Weimar thought : a chronology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299281387

1299281389

9781400846788

1400846781

OCLC:

845250879