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Myth, Matriarchy and Modernity - Johann Jakob Bachofen in German Culture. 1860-1945 (Hardcover)
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Myth, Matriarchy and Modernity - Johann Jakob Bachofen in German Culture. 1860-1945 (Hardcover)
Series: Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies
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This study explores the prevalence in German culture of myths about
ancient matriarchal societies, discussing their presence in left
and right wing politics, feminist and antifeminist writing,
sociology, psychoanalysis and literary production. By tracing the
influence of the works of the Swiss jurist and theorist of
matriarchy, Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815-1887), and the
controversies about the reception and interpretation of his work,
this study shows how debate about the matriarchal origins of
culture was inextricably linked with anxieties about modernity and
gender identities at the turn of the twentieth century. By moving
beyond the discussion of canonical authors and taking seriously the
scope of the discussion, it becomes clear that it is not possible
to reduce matriarchal theories to any particular political
ideology; instead, they function as a mythic counterdiscourse to a
modernity conceived as oppressive, rational and masculine. Writers
considered include Ludwig Klages, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Hauptmann,
Lou Andreas-Salome, Sir Galahad, Clara Viebig, Mathilde Vaerting,
Thomas Mann, Elisabeth Langgasser, Ilse Langner, Otto Gross, Franz
Werfel, and many others.
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