German Cultural History From 1860 To The Present Day
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Pages: Yellowed
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A sweeping panorama of over a century of German civilization, German Cultural History from 1860 to the Present Day is an authoritative and richly detailed chronicle of the intellectual, artistic, and social forces that shaped one of Europe's most complex and consequential nations. Beginning in the era of Bismarckian unification and tracing a dramatic arc through the turbulence of two World Wars, the Weimar Republic's dazzling cultural efflorescence, the dark night of the Third Reich, and into the postwar reconstruction of a divided and reunited Germany, the work presents an encyclopedic portrait of a culture in perpetual, often violent, transformation. It documents the rise of Expressionism, the birth of Bauhaus, the revolutions in music, philosophy, literature, and film that made Germany a crucible of modernity, while unflinchingly confronting the political catastrophes that periodically shattered that creative world. Published by Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, a distinguished Munich imprint with deep roots in German cultural publishing, this volume stands as an indispensable reference for scholars, students, and general readers who seek to understand Germany not merely as a political entity but as a living cultural organism. The breadth of its scope — spanning fine arts, literature, theatre, music, architecture, and intellectual life — gives the work a rare synthetic power, weaving individual genius and collective movement into a single, coherent historical narrative. For anyone who has ever wondered how the nation of Goethe and Beethoven could also produce the catastrophes of the twentieth century, this volume offers not easy answers, but the rich, irreducible complexity of the truth.
Author: Berthold Spangenberg
Format: Paperback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A sweeping panorama of over a century of German civilization, German Cultural History from 1860 to the Present Day is an authoritative and richly detailed chronicle of the intellectual, artistic, and social forces that shaped one of Europe's most complex and consequential nations. Beginning in the era of Bismarckian unification and tracing a dramatic arc through the turbulence of two World Wars, the Weimar Republic's dazzling cultural efflorescence, the dark night of the Third Reich, and into the postwar reconstruction of a divided and reunited Germany, the work presents an encyclopedic portrait of a culture in perpetual, often violent, transformation. It documents the rise of Expressionism, the birth of Bauhaus, the revolutions in music, philosophy, literature, and film that made Germany a crucible of modernity, while unflinchingly confronting the political catastrophes that periodically shattered that creative world. Published by Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, a distinguished Munich imprint with deep roots in German cultural publishing, this volume stands as an indispensable reference for scholars, students, and general readers who seek to understand Germany not merely as a political entity but as a living cultural organism. The breadth of its scope — spanning fine arts, literature, theatre, music, architecture, and intellectual life — gives the work a rare synthetic power, weaving individual genius and collective movement into a single, coherent historical narrative. For anyone who has ever wondered how the nation of Goethe and Beethoven could also produce the catastrophes of the twentieth century, this volume offers not easy answers, but the rich, irreducible complexity of the truth.