Contemplating Violence - Critical Studies in Modern German Culture (Hardcover)

This volume illuminates the vexed treatment of violence in the German cultural tradition between two crucial, and radically different, violent outbreaks: the French Revolution, and the Holocaust and Second World War. The contributions undermine the notion of violence as an intermittent or random visitor in the imagination and critical theory of modern German culture. Instead, they make a case for violence in its many manifestations as constitutive for modern theories of art, politics, identity, and agency. While the contributions elucidate trends in theories of violence leading up to the Holocaust, they also provide a genealogy of the stakes involved in ongoing discussions of the legitimate uses of violence, and of state, individual, and collective agency in its perpetration. The chapters engage the theorization of violence through analysis of cultural products, including literature, museum planning, film, and critical theory. This collection will be of interest to scholars in the fields of Literary and Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Philosophy, Gender Studies, History, Museum Studies, and beyond.

General

Imprint:	Editions Rodopi B.V.
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Amsterdamer Beitrage zur neueren Germanistik, 79
Release date:	2011
First published:	2011
Volume editors:	Stefani Engelstein • Carl Niekerk
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-90-420-3294-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	90-420-3294-4
Barcode:	9789042032941

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