02832nam 2200589 a 450 991077984680332120230705225840.00-313-00049-2(CKB)111056485430214(EBL)282735(OCoLC)55091916(SSID)ssj0000162311(PQKBManifestationID)11153539(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162311(PQKBWorkID)10201031(PQKB)10623818(MiAaPQ)EBC282735(Au-PeEL)EBL282735(CaPaEBR)ebr10018046(EXLCZ)9911105648543021420000724d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGerman incertitudes, 1914-1945 the stones and the cathedral /Klemens von KlempererWestport, Conn. :Praeger,2001.1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) illustrations0-275-97017-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and index.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 Age10 Conclusion: The German Mind between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment and the Spectre of National Socialism Select Bibliography; IndexThis 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.HistoriansGermanyBiographyAuthors, German19th centuryPolitical and social viewsAuthors, German20th centuryPolitical and social viewsNational socialismGermanyIntellectual life20th centuryHistoriansAuthors, GermanPolitical and social views.Authors, GermanPolitical and social views.National socialism.943.085Von Klemperer Klemens1916-1468043MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779846803321German incertitudes, 1914-19453678944UNINA