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UNINA9910788022803321 |
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Autore |
Heynen Robert |
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Titolo |
Degeneration and revolution : radical cultural politics and the body in Weimar Germany / / Robert Heynen |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (692 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Historical Materialism Book Series, , 1570-1522 ; ; Volume 93 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politics and culture - Germany - History - 20th century |
Human body - Symbolic aspects - Germany - History - 20th century |
Germany History 1918-1933 |
Germany Social conditions 1918-1933 |
Germany Politics and government 1918-1933 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction: Weimar Germany and the Cultures of Capitalist Modernity -- 2 Degeneration: Gender, War and the Politics of the Volkskörper -- 3 Revolution: Aesthetics, Politics, and the Question of Totality -- 4 Bodies and Minds: Art and the Politics of Degeneration -- 5 Transforming Vision: Film, Photography, and the Politics of Social Hygiene -- 6 Revolution and the Degeneration of the Weimar Republic: Worker Culture and the Rise of Fascism -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Degeneration and Revolution: Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany Robert Heynen explores the impact of conceptions of degeneration, exemplified by eugenics and social hygiene, on the social, cultural, and political history of the left in Germany, 1914–33. Hygienic practices of bodily regulation were integral to the extension of modern capitalist social relations, and profoundly shaped Weimar culture. Heynen’s innovative interdisciplinary approach draws on Marxist and other critical traditions to examine the politics of degeneration and socialist, communist, and anarchist responses. Drawing on key Weimar theorists and addressing artistic and cultural |
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movements ranging from Dada to worker-produced media, this book challenges us to rethink conventional understandings of left culture and politics, and of Weimar culture more generally. |
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