The Austrian dimension in German intellectual history : from the enlightenment to Anschluss / David S. Luft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luft, David S., author.

Contributor:

McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austrian literature--History and criticism.

Austrian literature.

Philosophy, Austrian.

Learning and scholarship--Austria--History.

Learning and scholarship.

Intellectual life.

History.

Austria--Intellectual life.

Austria.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"Tracing enlightenment ideals from the War of Austrian Succession up until Hitler's annexation of Austria, The Austrian Dimension in German Intellectual History offers a precise and engaging survey of Austrian intellectual life since the Enlightenment. Here, David S. Luft begins by locating his narrative in the region known as Cisleithanian Austria, the area to the west of the Leitha River that was the basis for the modern Austrian state after 1740. Chapter two provides a history of the German-speaking intellectual life of these central lands of the Habsburg Monarchy (Austria and Bohemia) from the Enlightenment to annexation by Nazi Germany. Chapters three to five identify the most important philosophers, writers, and social thinkers who contributed to Austrian intellectual life in the period between 1740 and 1938/1939 and address the intellectual significance of their work. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, David S. Luft brings out the contributions of major figures such as Wittgenstein, Hofmannsthal, Musil, Kafka, Rilke, and Freud, but also draws attention to less well-known figures such as Bolzano, Brentano, Grillparzer, Stifter, Broch, and Hayek"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Austria And Bohemia Before The Austrian State

2. The Developing Context Of Austrian Intellectual Life: 1740

1938/1939

Modern German and the Austrian Enlightenment: 1740

1792

Josephinism and the Conservative Era: 1792

1866

The Liberal Era: 1867

1900

The Transformations of Modern Intellectual Life: 1900

3. Philosophy In Austria

Bernard Bolzano (1781

1848)

Franz Brentano (1838

1917)

Ernst Mach (1838

1916)

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889

1951)

The Vienna Circle

Conclusion

4. German Literature In Austria

Grillparzer and Theater in Vienna

Adalbert Stifter and the Novel

The Writers of the Liberal Era

The Generation of 1905: Ethics and the Novel

Karl Kraus (1874

1936)

Robert Musil (1880

1942)

Hermann Broch (1886

1951) and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874

1929)

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875

1926)

5. The Human Sciences In Austria

In the Shadow of the State: From Cameralism to the Authoritarian State

Austrian Economics and Social Thought: From Menger to Hayek

Psychoanalysis and Intellectual History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Luft, David S., The Austrian dimension in German intellectual history

ISBN:

9781350202207

1350202207

OCLC:

1223069841

Publisher Number:

99988356590