German incertitudes, 1914-1945 : the stones and the cathedral / Klemens von Klemperer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von Klemperer, Klemens, 1916-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Von Klemperer, Klemens, 1916-.

Von Klemperer, Klemens.

Historians--Germany--Biography.

Historians.

Authors, German--19th century--Political and social views.

Authors, German.

Authors, German--20th century--Political and social views.

National socialism.

Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text provides insights into German thought and society in the context of the challenges of modernity in the first half of the 20th century. The author looks at the tensions between a realistic acceptance of disenchantment with the modern world, and an insistence upon re-enchantment.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction: Tradition and Modernity in German Thought and Society; 2 The Great War Experience and Memory; 3 Heroic and Not-so-Heroic Pessimism: Max Weber and Oswald Spengler; 4 The Adventurer Ernst Junger Reconsidered; 5 The Call for Allegiance Hugo von Hofmannsthal; 6 The Lure and Limits of Gemeinschaft; 7 Fragments, Abstraction and a Vision: The German Expressionists; 8 Authenticity: Martin Heidegger and the Temptation of National Socialism; 9 Maturity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Faith and the "World Come of Age

10 Conclusion: The German Mind between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment and the Spectre of National Socialism Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and index.

ISBN:

9798400656712

9780313000492

0313000492

OCLC:

55091916