LEADER 04250nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910781034803321 005 20230725044848.0 010 $a1-282-71519-4 010 $a9786612715198 010 $a3-11-022709-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110227093 035 $a(CKB)2550000000011660 035 $a(EBL)511857 035 $a(OCoLC)645093022 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383767 035 $a(PQKB)10128701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC511857 035 $a(DE-B1597)38522 035 $a(OCoLC)775644176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110227093 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL511857 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373633 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL271519 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000011660 100 $a20100104d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMyth, matriarchy and modernity$b[electronic resource] $eJohann Jakob Bachofen in German culture, 1860-1945 /$fPeter Davies 210 $aNew York $cDe Gruyter$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (474 p.) 225 1 $aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies,$x1861-8030 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-022708-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface. An Uncomfortable Influence --$tChapter 1. Bachofen in the Nineteenth Century: Myth, Gender, Modernity --$tChapter 2. The Nature of Authority and the Authority of Nature: Anthropology, Marxism and Germanic Mysticism --$tChapter 3. Mother Right and the Women's Movement --$tChapter 4. Matriarchy and the Literature of the Fin-de-siècle --$tChapter 5. 'Psychoanalyste avant la lettre?' Bachofen, Mythic Motherhood, and Psychoanalysis --$tChapter 6. Prophets of Matriarchal Revolution: Otto Gross and Expressionism --$tChapter 7. 'The Struggle for Johann Jakob Bachofen' Philology and Politics in the 1920's --$tChapter 8. Myth, Symbol, Modernity: Bachofen in Literary Works of the 1920's --$tChapter 9. Feminine Myth and Masculine Politics: National Socialism and Matriarchy --$tChapter 10. Antifascist Bodies and Dialectical Mythologies: Bachofen in the anti-Nazi Struggle --$tBackmatter 330 $aThis study explores the prevalence in German culture of myths about ancient matriarchal societies, discussing their presence in left and right wing politics, feminist and antifeminist writing, sociology, psychoanalysis and literary production. By tracing the influence of the works of the Swiss jurist and theorist of matriarchy, Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815-1887), and the controversies about the reception and interpretation of his work, this study shows how debate about the matriarchal origins of culture was inextricably linked with anxieties about modernity and gender identities at the turn of the twentieth century. By moving beyond the discussion of canonical authors and taking seriously the scope of the discussion, it becomes clear that it is not possible to reduce matriarchal theories to any particular political ideology; instead, they function as a mythic counter discourse to a modernity conceived as oppressive, rational and masculine. Writers considered include Ludwig Klages, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Hauptmann, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Sir Galahad, Clara Viebig, Mathilde Vaerting, Thomas Mann, Elisabeth Langgässer, Ilse Langner, Otto Gross, Franz Werfel, and many others. 410 0$aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies. 606 $aMatriarchy$xMythology 606 $aMatriarch$xReligious aspects 606 $aMythology, Germanic 606 $aEthnology$zGermany 610 $aJohann Jakob Bachofen, Matriarchy, Modernity. 615 0$aMatriarchy$xMythology. 615 0$aMatriarch$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aMythology, Germanic. 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a301.092 700 $aDavies$b Peter$g(Peter J.)$0891028 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781034803321 996 $aMyth, matriarchy and modernity$93753153 997 $aUNINA