Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]
©2006 - Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Introduction : bombs over Dresden and the Rosenkavalier in the skies
Culture : a noble substitute
From the republic into exile
Novalis and Walt Whitman : German romanticism and American democracy
German culture abroad : victorious in defeat
French-German culture wars
German culture at home : a moral failure turned to intellectual advantage
The survival of the typical German : Faust versus Mephistopheles
German reunification : the failure of the interpreting class
Culture as camouflage : the end of central Europe
Irony and politics : cultural patriotism in Europe and the United States
Germany after reunification : in search of a moral masterpiece. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Introduction : bombs over Dresden and the Rosenkavalier in the skies -- Culture : a noble substitute -- From the republic into exile -- Novalis and Walt Whitman : German romanticism and American democracy -- German culture abroad : victorious in defeat -- French-German culture wars -- German culture at home : a moral failure turned to intellectual advantage -- The survival of the typical German : Faust versus Mephistopheles -- German reunification : the failure of the interpreting class -- Culture as camouflage : the end of central Europe -- Irony and politics : cultural patriotism in Europe and the United States -- Germany after reunification : in search of a moral masterpiece.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 0691121311
9780691121314 - Physical Description
- viii, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Politics and culture--Germany--History--18th century. Germany--History--Philosophy. Politics and culture--Germany--History--19th century. Politics and culture--Germany--History--20th century. Germany--Intellectual life--18th century. Germany--Intellectual life--19th century. Germany--Intellectual life--20th century. Germany--Cultural policy. National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects. Germany--Historiography.
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