Primitive Thinking: Figuring Alterity in German Modernity

Nicola Gess

Open Access Veröffentlicht von De Gruyter 2022

Primitive Thinking

Figuring Alterity in German Modernity

Nicola Gess
Übersetzt von: Erik Butler und Susan Solomon

Band 13 der Reihe Paradigms

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110695090

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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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Nicola Gess, Universität Basel, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	I
Contents Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	V
Chapter 1 The Presence of the ‘Primitive’: An Introduction Open Access PDF downloaden	1
Part One: Figures of ‘Primitive Thinking’
Chapter 2 The Ethnological Paradigm of the ‘Primitive’ Open Access PDF downloaden	33
Chapter 3 The Child as ‘Primitive’ Open Access PDF downloaden	75
Chapter 4 Psychopathology in the Paradigm of the ‘Primitive’ Open Access PDF downloaden	110
Part Two: Art, Language, and ‘Primitive Thinking’
Chapter 5 The Origins of Art Open Access PDF downloaden	143
Chapter 6 ‘Primitive Language’ – Theories of Metaphor Open Access PDF downloaden	176
Part Three: ‘Primitive Thinking’ in German Literary Modernism
Chapter 7 The “Tropological Nature” of the Poet in Müller and Benn Open Access PDF downloaden	205
Chapter 8 A Sister in Madness: Figures of ‘Primitive Thinking’ in Robert Musil Open Access PDF downloaden	236
Chapter 9 The Dialectical Turn of ‘Primitive Thinking’: The Child and Gesture in Walter Benjamin Open Access PDF downloaden	303
Epilogue Open Access PDF downloaden	358
Bibliography Open Access PDF downloaden	361
Index Open Access PDF downloaden	391

(English)

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: De Gruyter
Copyrightjahr: 2022
Zielgruppe: Scholars of Literary and Cultural Studies
Seiten
- Frontmatter: 7
- Inhalt: 396
Schlagworte: Primitivismus; Modernismus; Literatur; Walter Benjamin; Robert Musil; Ethnologie

eBook

Veröffentlicht: 6. September 2022
ISBN: 9783110695090

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Veröffentlicht: 6. September 2022
ISBN: 9783110694680