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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454971603321

Autore

Von Klemperer Klemens <1916->

Titolo

German incertitudes, 1914-1945 [[electronic resource] ] : the stones and the cathedral / / Klemens von Klemperer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001

ISBN

0-313-00049-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

943.085

Soggetti

Historians - Germany

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

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

National socialism

Electronic books.

Germany Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.