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The German Quest for Primal Origins in Art, Culture, and Politics 1900-1933
August K. Wiedmann
其他書名
Die "Flucht in Urzustände"
出版E. Mellen Press, 1995
主題Art / Folk & Outsider ArtHistory / Europe / GermanySocial Science / Anthropology / General
ISBN07734900869780773490086
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_WYNAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This study argues that the rise of Nazism cannot be understood in socio-economic and politico-ideological terms alone, but as a manifestation of a far larger cultural dynamic: the collective propensity for things mythical and primal, the compulsive quest for origins and roots. The case is argued with specific reference to German Expressionist literature and art, German letters from Hofmannsthal to Thomas Mann, philosophy (notably that of Simmel, Klages, Heidegger), and religious thought. It also probes into the essential drives of the German Youth Movement (1896-1933) and the so-called volkische ideology. All are analyzed with a view to elicit their common assumptions - those that coincided with the purer impulses rampant in the rise of the Nazi movement. The study uncovers many unsuspected parallels between art, ideas and politics and is essential reading for anyone concerned with the cultural origins of National Socialism.