Temptations of Faust : : The Logic of Fascism and Postmodern Archaeologies of Modernity / / Evelyn Cobley.
Temptations of Faust is a theoretical analysis of the conceptual paradigms that allowed German fascism to emerge in a highly civilized nation. Analyzing these paradigms through the dual lens of Thomas Mann's novel Doctor Faustus, his self-confessed parable of fascism about the avant-garde compo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations
- Introduction
- PART ONE. DECONSTRUCTIONS OF MODERNITY
- Chapter 1. Neo-Romantic Roots of German Fascism
- Chapter 2. Organic Unity and the Privileging of Reason: Hegel and Beethoven
- Chapter 3. Fascist Undercurrents: Appeals to Authenticity and the Privileging of Reason
- PART TWO. POSTMODERNITY AND FASCISM
- Chapter 4. Breakthrough into Atonality (or Postmodernism)
- Chapter 5. Fascism and Atonality (or Postmodern Play)
- Chapter 6. Decentred Totalities: Fascism, Capitalism, Postmodernism
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index