Weimar Thought : : A Contested Legacy / / John P. McCormick, Peter E. Gordon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Gordon, Peter E.,; McCormick, John P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

During its short lifespan, the Weimar Republic (1918-33) witnessed an unprecedented flowering of achievements in many areas, including psychology, political theory, physics, philosophy, literary and cultural criticism, and the arts. Leading intellectuals, scholars, and critics--such as Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, and Martin Heidegger--emerged during this time to become the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century. Even today, the Weimar era remains a vital resource for new intellectual movements. In this incomparable collection, Weimar Thought presents both the specialist and the general reader a comprehensive guide and unified portrait of the most important innovators, themes, and trends of this fascinating period. The book is divided into four thematic sections: law, politics, and society; philosophy, theology, and science; aesthetics, literature, and film; and general cultural and social themes of the Weimar period. The volume brings together established and emerging scholars from a remarkable array of fields, and each individual essay serves as an overview for a particular discipline while offering distinctive critical engagement with relevant problems and debates. Whether used as an introductory companion or advanced scholarly resource, Weimar Thought provides insight into the rich developments behind the intellectual foundations of modernity.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Weimar Thought: Continuity and Crisis / Gordon, Peter E. / McCormick, John P. -- Part I. Law, Politics, Society -- 1. Weimar Sociology / Kettler, David / Loader, Colin -- 2. Weimar Psychology: Holistic Visions and Trained Intuition / Ash, Mitchell G. -- 3. Legal Theory and the Weimar Crisis of Law and Social Change / McCormick, John P. -- 4. The Legacy of Max Weber in Weimar Political and Social Theory / Villa, Dana -- Part II. Philosophy, Theology, Science -- 5. Kulturphilosophie in Weimar Modernism / Krois, John Michael -- 6. Weimar Philosophy and the Fate of Neo-Kantianism / Beiser, Frederick -- 7. Weimar Philosophy and the Crisis of Historical Thinking / Bambach, Charles -- 8. Weimar Theology: From Historicism to Crisis / Gordon, Peter E. -- 9. Method, Moment, and Crisis in Weimar Science / Carson, Cathryn -- Part III. Aesthetics, Literature, Film -- 10. Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, and Weimar Criticism / Jennings, Michael W. -- 11. Writers and Politics in the Weimar Republic / Gunnemann, Karin -- 12. Aesthetic Fundamentalism in Weimar Poetry: Stefan George and his Circle, 1918-1933 / Ruehl, Martin A. -- 13. Weimar Film Theory / Hake, Sabine -- 14. The Politics of Art and Architecture at the Bauhaus, 1919-1933 / Maciuika, John V. -- 15. Aby Warburg and the Secularization of the Image / Steinberg, Michael P. -- Part IV. Themes of an Epoch -- 16. Eastern Wisdom in an Era of Western Despair: Orientalism in 1920s Central Europe / Marchand, Suzanne -- 17. Weimar Femininity: Within and Beyond the Law / Matysik, Tracie -- 18. The Weimar Left: Theory and Practice / Jay, Martin -- 19. The Aftermath: Reflections on the Culture and Ideology of National Socialism / Rabinbach, Anson -- Weimar Thought: A Chronology -- Contributors -- Index