UID:
almahu_9949546429202882
Format:
1 online resource (VII, 396 p.)
ISBN:
9783110695090
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9783110766820
Series Statement:
Paradigms : Literature and the Human Sciences , 13
Content:
This book examines the discourse on 'primitive thinking' in early twentieth 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 figurations of alterity prominent in European primitivism: indigenous cultures, children, and the mentally ill.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Chapter 1 The Presence of the 'Primitive': An Introduction --
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Part One: Figures of 'Primitive Thinking' --
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Chapter 2 The Ethnological Paradigm of the 'Primitive' --
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Chapter 3 The Child as 'Primitive' --
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Chapter 4 Psychopathology in the Paradigm of the 'Primitive' --
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Part Two: Art, Language, and 'Primitive Thinking' --
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Chapter 5 The Origins of Art --
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Chapter 6 'Primitive Language' - Theories of Metaphor --
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Part Three: 'Primitive Thinking' in German Literary Modernism --
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Chapter 7 The "Tropological Nature" of the Poet in Müller and Benn --
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Chapter 8 A Sister in Madness: Figures of 'Primitive Thinking' in Robert Musil --
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Chapter 9 The Dialectical Turn of 'Primitive Thinking': The Child and Gesture in Walter Benjamin --
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Epilogue --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1, De Gruyter, 9783110766820
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110695151
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110694680
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110695090
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