Michael Cowan

Gebundenes Buch

Cult of the Will

Nervousness and German Modernity

Beschreibung

This is the first comprehensive study of modernity's preoccupation with willpower. Michael Cowan examines the emergence of "will therapy" and its impact on arts and culture in Germany after 1900. The book leads readers through modern German cultural history, including literature, aesthetics, medicine, economics, body culture and pedagogy.

Autor

Michael Cowan is Assistant Professor of German Studies at McGill University. With Kai Marcel Sicks, he is co-editor of Leibhaftige Moderne: Körper in Kunst und Massenmedien, 1918-1933 (2005).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penn State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780271032061
• ISBN-10: 0271032065
• Artikelnr.: 23410860