1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911094673703321

Autore

Jones Sara <1980->

Titolo

Complicity, censorship and criticism : negotiating space in the GDR literary sphere / / Sara Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2011

ISBN

9786613399458

9781283399456

1283399458

9783110237962

3110237962

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Interdisciplinary German cultural studies, , 1861-8030 ; ; v. 10

Classificazione

GN 1522

Disciplina

830.9/943109045

830.9943109045

Soggetti

German literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature and society - Germany - History - 20th century

Censorship in literature

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Complicit Critic: Hermann Kant and the Writer as Functionary -- Hostile Partisan: Stefan Heym and the Search for Clarity -- Uncertain Comrade: Elfriede Brüning, Loyalty, Criticism and Power -- Conclusion: Ambiguity, Fragmentation and the End of the GDR -- Bibliography -- Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

This study develops an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of the cultural history of the German Democratic Republic, examining the interaction between intellectuals and Party functionaries from a literary and historical perspective. Divided into three case studies, the work focuses on writers positioned along a spectrum of conformity and dissent and who had quite different relationships to political power: Hermann Kant, Stefan Heym and Elfriede Brüning.Drawing on and comparing unpublished archive material, autobiography and the literary output of the three named writers, this study brings to the fore the ambiguities and contradictions of intellectual life in the GDR. Tensions



between the different sources point towards tensions inherent in the subject positions of writers, publishers, reviewers and cultural authorities. This granular approach to the study of GDR cultural history challenges top-down interpretations and builds into a theoretical understanding of GDR cultural life based on the concepts of ambiguity and ambivalence and the increasing fragmentation of ideology. Comparison with other spheres of GDR life points towards the significance of these concepts for the study of East German society as a whole.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911134477903321

Autore

Therborn Göran <1941->

Titolo

European modernity and beyond : the trajectory of European societies, 1945-2000 / / Goran Therborn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1995

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications, , 1995

ISBN

9786612623530

9780803989344

0803989342

9781282623538

1282623532

9780857025937

0857025937

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

306/.094

Soggetti

Libros electrónicos.

Europe Social conditions 20th century

Europe Economic conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (p. 367-389) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theory and history -- pt. 2. Structurations -- pt. 3. Spacing -- pt. 4. Enculturations -- pt. 5. Collective action and social steering -- pt. 6. Modernity and Europe : six questions and their answers.



Sommario/riassunto

In this book Go?ran Therborn addresses the questions that underpin an understanding of the nature of European modernity, including: To what extent is the period 1945-2000 producing fundamental change and what are the areas of continuity? Have the societies of Europe become more similar to others on the globe or more distinctively European? What are the prospects of Europe after decades of postwar change and the end of the Cold War?