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The Politics of Cultural Despair: A Study in the Rise of the Germanic Ideology (California Library Reprint Series)
Fritz R. Stern
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Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472. A Study in the Rise of the Germanic Ideology. 367 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JP. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight: 450.
This is a study in the pathology of cultural criticism. By analyzing the thought and influence of three leading critics of modern Germany, this study will demonstrate the dangers and dilemmas of a particular type of cultural despair. Lagarde, Langbehn, and Moeller van den Bruck-their active lives spanning the years from the middle of the past century to the threshold of Hitler's Third Reich-attacked, often incisively and justly, the deficiencies of German culture and the German spirit. But they were more than the critics of Germany's cultural crisis; they were its symptoms and victims as well. Unable to endure the ... Read more
This is a study in the pathology of cultural criticism. By analyzing the thought and influence of three leading critics of modern Germany, this study will demonstrate the dangers and dilemmas of a particular type of cultural despair. Lagarde, Langbehn, and Moeller van den Bruck-their active lives spanning the years from the middle of the past century to the threshold of Hitler's Third Reich-attacked, often incisively and justly, the deficiencies of German culture and the German spirit. But they were more than the critics of Germany's cultural crisis; they were its symptoms and victims as well. Unable to endure the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
367
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
Number of Pages
367
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520026261
SKU
V9780520026261
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About Fritz R. Stern
Fritz Richard Stern is an American historian of German history, Jewish history, and historiography. He is a University Professor Emeritus and a former provost at New York's Columbia University.
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