Primitive Thinking Figuring Alterity in German Modernity

• Tác giả: Nicola Gess
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3110694680
• ISBN-13: 978-3110695090
• ISBN-13: 978-3110695151
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2022
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (396 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 344389
• Chủ đề: 1. General studies; 2. Literary studies: from c 1900 -; 3. Literary studies: general; 4. Literature: history & criticism; 5. Science: general issues

Tóm tắt

This book examines the discourse on 'primitive thinking' in early 20th century Germany. It explores texts from the social sciences, writings on art and language and - most　centrally - literary works by Robert Musil, Walter Benjamin, Gottfried Benn and Robert Müller, focusing on three figures of alterity prominent in European primitivism:　indigenous cultures, children, and the mentally ill.