Enlightenment Phantasies - Cultural Identity in France and Germany, 1750-1914 (Hardcover)

For centuries the histories of France and Germany have been linked in ways productive and destructive, and each nation's sense of itself has often been shaped by admiration of or hostility toward the other. Harold Mah explores the interweaving paths of German and French cultural identity that emerged in the Enlightenment and continued through the 19th century and into the 20th. formulate stable cultural identities constantly collapsed in the face of other powerful images and the rush of history. In Mah's view, these shifting conceptions of cultural identity are problematic phantasies, internally unstable and prone to falling apart under the pressure of events, only to be replaced by new, equally problematic constructions. Mah offers fresh analyses of a wide range of iconic texts and artworks, including those of Jacques-Louis David, de Stael, Diderot and Rousseau in France and Goethe, Hegel, Herder, Mann, Marx and Nietzsche in Germany. in issues of language, gender, classical revival, politics and modernity. Enlightenment Phantasies presents the shaping of cultural identity in narratives accessible not only to specialists but also to students and all readers concerned with the history of Western culture.

General

Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Harold Mah
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-8014-4144-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > European history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8014-4144-7
Barcode:	9780801441448

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