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The Fruits of Exile: Central European Intellectual Immigration to America in the Age of Fascism (The Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
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Hardcover. Focuses on the history of emigre thinkers escaping from the rise of fascism in Central Europe. This book emphasizes the contributions to American and British culture by the European intellectual diaspora of 1930s. It also explores the careers in exile of novelists Thomas Mann and Herman Broch; and philosophers Karl Mannheim and Walter Kaufmann. Editor(s): Bodek, Richard; Lewis, Simon. Series Editor(s): Gleeson, David; Lewis, Simon; Poole, W. Scott. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
This book offers fresh insights on an underexplored moment in intellectual history. ""The Fruits of Exile"" casts new light on the history of emigre thinkers escaping from the rise of fascism in Central Europe. Editors Richard Bodek and Simon Lewis, along with an international group of contributors, emphasize the contributions to American and British culture by the European intellectual diaspora of the 1930s through their careful study of artists, scientists, and cultural figures often ignored in previous studies of the era. The contributors explore the careers in exile of novelists Thomas Mann and Herman Broch; philosophers Karl Mannheim, Walter Kaufmann, ... Read more
This book offers fresh insights on an underexplored moment in intellectual history. ""The Fruits of Exile"" casts new light on the history of emigre thinkers escaping from the rise of fascism in Central Europe. Editors Richard Bodek and Simon Lewis, along with an international group of contributors, emphasize the contributions to American and British culture by the European intellectual diaspora of the 1930s through their careful study of artists, scientists, and cultural figures often ignored in previous studies of the era. The contributors explore the careers in exile of novelists Thomas Mann and Herman Broch; philosophers Karl Mannheim, Walter Kaufmann, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570038532
SKU
V9781570038532
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Richard Bodek is a professor of history at the College of Charleston and the author of Proletarian Performance in Weimar Berlin: Agitprop, Chorus, and Brecht. Simon Lewis is a professor of world literature at the College of Charleston and the author of White Women Writers and Their African Invention.
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