| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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 Ju nger 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 Age. |
| Summary |
This 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Von Klemperer, Klemens, 1916-2012.
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Von Klemperer, Klemens, 1916-2012. |
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Historians -- Germany -- Biography.
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Historians. |
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Germany. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Authors, German -- 19th century -- Political and social views.
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Authors, German. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Political and social views. |
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Authors, German -- 20th century -- Political and social views.
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National socialism.
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National socialism. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Von Klemperer, Klemens, 1916- German incertitudes, 1914-1945. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001 0275970175 |
| ISBN |
0313000492 (electronic book) |
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9780313000492 (electronic book) |
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9780275970178 (alkaline paper) |
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0275970175 (alkaline paper) |
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0275970175 (alkaline paper) |
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