The Resource The seduction of culture in German history, Wolf Lepenies
The seduction of culture in German history, Wolf Lepenies
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The item The seduction of culture in German history, Wolf Lepenies represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The seduction of culture in German history, Wolf Lepenies represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Since the heyday of Weimar classicism, Germany has tried to distinguish herself through cultural achievements & aspirations from the merely 'civilized' West. High culture was seen thereby as a compensation for or as an alternative to politics. This text looks at the relationship between German politics & culture
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 260 p.
- Contents
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- Introduction : bombs over Dresden and the Rosenkavalier in the skies
- 1. Culture : a noble substitute
- 2. From the republic into exile
- 3. Novalis and Walt Whitman : German romanticism and American democracy
- 4. German culture abroad : victorious in defeat
- 5. French-German culture wars
- 6. German culture at home : a moral failure turned to intellectual advantage
- 7. The survival of the typical German : Faust versus Mephistopheles
- 8. German reunification : the failure of the interpreting class
- 9. Culture as camouflage : the end of central Europe
- 10. Irony and politics : cultural patriotism in Europe and the United States
- 11. Germany after reunification : in search of a moral masterpiece
- Isbn
- 9780691121314
- Label
- The seduction of culture in German history
- Title
- The seduction of culture in German history
- Statement of responsibility
- Wolf Lepenies
- Subject
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- Germany -- Historiography
- Germany -- History | Philosophy
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- National socialism -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Politics and culture -- Germany -- History -- 18th century
- Politics and culture -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
- Politics and culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Germany -- Cultural policy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Since the heyday of Weimar classicism, Germany has tried to distinguish herself through cultural achievements & aspirations from the merely 'civilized' West. High culture was seen thereby as a compensation for or as an alternative to politics. This text looks at the relationship between German politics & culture
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lepenies, Wolf
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DD97
- LC item number
- .L47 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Politics and culture
- Germany
- Politics and culture
- Politics and culture
- Germany
- Germany
- Germany
- Germany
- National socialism
- Germany
- Label
- The seduction of culture in German history, Wolf Lepenies
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : bombs over Dresden and the Rosenkavalier in the skies -- 1. Culture : a noble substitute -- 2. From the republic into exile -- 3. Novalis and Walt Whitman : German romanticism and American democracy -- 4. German culture abroad : victorious in defeat -- 5. French-German culture wars -- 6. German culture at home : a moral failure turned to intellectual advantage -- 7. The survival of the typical German : Faust versus Mephistopheles -- 8. German reunification : the failure of the interpreting class -- 9. Culture as camouflage : the end of central Europe -- 10. Irony and politics : cultural patriotism in Europe and the United States -- 11. Germany after reunification : in search of a moral masterpiece
- Control code
- ocm60516850
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 p.
- Isbn
- 9780691121314
- Lccn
- 2005048907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The seduction of culture in German history, Wolf Lepenies
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : bombs over Dresden and the Rosenkavalier in the skies -- 1. Culture : a noble substitute -- 2. From the republic into exile -- 3. Novalis and Walt Whitman : German romanticism and American democracy -- 4. German culture abroad : victorious in defeat -- 5. French-German culture wars -- 6. German culture at home : a moral failure turned to intellectual advantage -- 7. The survival of the typical German : Faust versus Mephistopheles -- 8. German reunification : the failure of the interpreting class -- 9. Culture as camouflage : the end of central Europe -- 10. Irony and politics : cultural patriotism in Europe and the United States -- 11. Germany after reunification : in search of a moral masterpiece
- Control code
- ocm60516850
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 p.
- Isbn
- 9780691121314
- Lccn
- 2005048907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Germany -- Historiography
- Germany -- History | Philosophy
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- National socialism -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Politics and culture -- Germany -- History -- 18th century
- Politics and culture -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
- Politics and culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Germany -- Cultural policy
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