The truth in Hell and other essays on politics and culture, 1935-1987 / Hans Speier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speier, Hans, author.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Propaganda.

War and society.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 358 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long known as a pioneer in the sociological study of communications and of the middle class, Hans Speier is being rediscovered by younger scholars as a seminal member of the second generation of sociologists that followed the classic thinkers of the turn of the century. Dr Speier introduces this collection of his most significant essays with an autobiographical chapter discussing the evolution of his work. The essays are grouped in five categories: social theory, war and militarism, public opinion and propaganda, the history of literature, and 'the present and the future'. They include writings on honour and social structure, hero worship, militarism in the eighteenth century, psychological warfare, and Shakespeare's The Tempest, among others. Sophisticated and eloquent, these essays will appeal to scholars in numerous fields as those interested in the development of sociological thought in the twentieth century.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Prologue

Introduction: Autobiographical Notes

PART I: SOCIETY IN PEACE AND WAR

1. Karl Mannheim as Sociologist of Knowledge

2. Honor and Social Structure

3. Militarism in the Eighteenth Century

4. Ludendorff: The German Concept of Total War

5. Risk, Security, and Modern Hero Worship

PART II: COMMUNICATION AND PROPAGANDA

6. The Changing Function of Communication

7. The Rise of Public Opinion

8. Psychological Warfare

9. The Communication of Hidden Meaning

PART III: LITERATURE AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS

10. Shakespeare's The Tempest

11. Simplicissimus, the Irreverent Man

12. Courage, the Adventuress

13. The Fool and the Social Order

14. The Truth in Hell: Maurice Joly and The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion

PART IV: THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

15. The Mills of Death

16. Firestorms

17. "Reeducation"-The U.S. Policy

18. Karl Jaspers on the Future of Germany

19. The Chances for Peace

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Two essays translated from the German.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-52397-2

9786610523979

0-19-536321-3

OCLC:

953436277