David S. Luft

The Austrian Dimension in German Intellectual History (eBook, ePUB)

From the Enlightenment to Anschluss

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tracing Austrian intellectual life from Maria Theresa to Hitler's annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, this innovative book offers a precise and engaging account of Austrian intellectual history since the Enlightenment.

Here, David S. Luft begins by locating his narrative in the region known as Cisleithanian Austria, the area to the west of the Leitha River that was the basis for the modern Austrian state after 1740. Chapter 2 provides a history of the German-speaking intellectual life of these central lands of the Habsburg Monarchy (Austria and Bohemia) from the Enlightenment to annexation by Nazi Germany. Chapters 3 to 5 identify the most important philosophers, writers, and social thinkers who contributed to Austrian intellectual life in the period between 1740 and 1938/1939 and address the intellectual significance of their work.

Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Luft's book brings out the contributions of major figures such as Wittgenstein, Hofmannsthal, Musil, Kafka, Rilke, and Freud, but also draws attention to less well-known figures such as Bolzano, Brentano, Grillparzer, Stifter, Broch, and Hayek.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350202221
• Artikelnr.: 61763596

Autorenporträt

David S. Luft is Horning Endowed Chair in the Humanities (Emeritus) at Oregon State University, USA. He is the author of Eros and Inwardness in Vienna: Weininger, Musil, Doderer (2003) and Robert Musil and the Crisis of European Culture: 1880-1942 (2nd Ed. 1984). He is also the editor and translator for the volume, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and the Austrian Idea: Selected Essays and Addresses, 1906-1927 (2011), as well as being on the editorial board for the Journal of Austrian Studies/Modern Austrian Literature and Culture.