Heroes And Heroism In German Culture
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Heroes And Heroism In German Culture
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Author : Stephen Brockmann
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2001
Heroes And Heroism In German Culture written by Stephen Brockmann and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with German literature categories.
As Brecht's Galileo observed, a country which needs heroes is unfortunate indeed - words which suggest that a society's need for heroes is always a function of its shortcomings. By examining the role that heroes and heroism have played in German literature and culture over the past two centuries, the essays in this volume illuminate and contour both a flawed German society in need of heroes and the flawed but essential heroes brought forth by that society. Beginning in he era of the anti-Napoleontic Wars of Liberation, advancing to the challenging situation Germany faced at the end of World War II, and concluding with the current reemergence of a unified Germany after almost half a century of division, this volume broadens our understanding of the inadequacies and breakdowns of German society. In addition to analyses of heroism in German culture during the last two centuries, this volume contains the first major essays in English on cultural representations of disability in German culture and on AIDS in German literature, as well as two essays on the scholarly accomplishments of Jost Hermand, to whom all of the essays in the volume are dedicated.
Heroes And Heroism In German Culture
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-18
Heroes And Heroism In German Culture written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
As Brecht’s Galileo observed, a country which needs heroes is unfortunate indeed – words which suggest that a society’s need for heroes is always a function of its shortcomings. By examining the role that heroes and heroism have played in German literature and culture over the past two centuries, the essays in this volume illuminate and contour both a flawed German society in need of heroes and the flawed but essential heroes brought forth by that society. Beginning in he era of the anti-Napoleontic Wars of Liberation, advancing to the challenging situation Germany faced at the end of World War II, and concluding with the current reemergence of a unified Germany after almost half a century of division, this volume broadens our understanding of the inadequacies and breakdowns of German society. In addition to analyses of heroism in German culture during the last two centuries, this volume contains the first major essays in English on cultural representations of disability in German culture and on AIDS in German literature, as well as two essays on the scholarly accomplishments of Jost Hermand, to whom all of the essays in the volume are dedicated.
To Die For Germany
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Author : Jay W. Baird
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1992-10-22
To Die For Germany written by Jay W. Baird and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-22 with History categories.
Baird (history, Miami U., Ohio) illuminates the political culture of the Third Reich by focusing on the regime's fascination with motifs of death. He traces the development of Nazi propaganda from the fields of Flanders in 1914 to the cult of death created by Hitler, Goebbels, and others during World War II. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Max Schmeling And The Making Of A National Hero In Twentieth Century Germany
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Author : Jon Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-19
Max Schmeling And The Making Of A National Hero In Twentieth Century Germany written by Jon Hughes and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-19 with History categories.
This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century of journalism, film, visual art, life writing and fiction. Detailed chapters analyse Schmeling’s emergence as an icon in the Weimar Republic, his association with America, his celebrity status in the Third Reich, and his rivalry with Joe Louis as a focus for an extraordinary propaganda and ideological contest. The book also examines how Schmeling’s post-war success in business associated him with the culture of the ‘zero hour’ nation in the era of ‘economic miracle’, and how he was later claimed as ‘good German’ and moral example for a post-war generation of Germans determined to ‘come to terms’ with the past. This book will appeal to readers with an interest in the history and representation of sport and boxing, in sports discourse and political culture, and in questions of national identity in modern German history.
Ritterkreuz Ideology And The Complexities Of Hero Culture Under National Socialism
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Author : Colin Gilmour
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Ritterkreuz Ideology And The Complexities Of Hero Culture Under National Socialism written by Colin Gilmour and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
"This dissertation explores the political history of Germany's highest award for military excellence during the Second World War: the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, or "Ritterkreuz." Expanding upon a limited foundation of existing scholarly research, its primary focus is to examine the role played by this famous medal as a vessel of "symbolic capital" for the National Socialist regime. Designed not only as a tool to help forge a new archetype for military heroism, it was also to represent the "revolution" that the Party claimed to have produced in German society and politics. Using this function as a framework, the component chapters of this study document different ways in which it informed or affected official usages of the Ritterkreuz and the activities of its recipients - called "Ritterkreuzträger" - during the war years. Through this investigation, the dissertation argues that while achieving an impact on wartime culture that continues to be felt in Germany today, both medal and men proved as much a source of frustration and embarrassment to the regime as they did ideological success. As such, it challenges several existing assumptions regarding the role of orders and decorations created by National Socialism while highlighting an underrecognized layer of complexity in its "Heldenpolitik" (Hero Politics)." --
Extraordinary Ordinariness
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Author : Simon Wendt
language : en
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Release Date : 2016-11-10
Extraordinary Ordinariness written by Simon Wendt and has been published by Campus Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with History categories.
This collection of essays looks at everyday heroes and heroines--ordinary men, women, and children who are honored for actual or imagined feats. Comparing the United States, Germany, and Britain, it asks both when this particular hero type first emerged and how it was discussed and depicted in political discourse, mass media, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture. Looking across fields of study, countries, and centuries, this book sheds new light on the many social, cultural, and political functions that our everyday heroes have served.
The Hero And Hero Making Across Genres
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Author : Amar Singh
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-09-30
The Hero And Hero Making Across Genres written by Amar Singh and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Fiction categories.
This book critically examines how a Hero is made, sustained, and even deformed, in contemporary cultures. It brings together diverse ideas from philosophy, mythology, religion, literature, cinema, and social media to explore how heroes are constructed across genres, mediums, and traditions. The essays in this volume present fresh perspectives for readers to conceptualize the myriad possibilities the term ‘Hero’ brings with itself. They examine the making and unmaking of the heroes across literary, visual and social cultures —in religious spaces and in classical texts; in folk tales and fairy tales; in literature, as seen in Heinrich Böll’s Und Sagte Kein Einziges Wort, Thomas Brüssig’s Heroes like Us, and in movies, like Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and in the short film like Dean Potter's When Dogs Fly. The volume also features nuanced takes on intersectional feminist representations in hero movies; masculinity in sports biopics; taking everyday heroes from the real to the reel, among others key themes. A stimulating work that explores the mechanisms that ‘manufacture’ heroes, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of English literature, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, film studies, media studies, literary and critical theory, arts and aesthetics, political sociology and political philosophy.
Military Heroism In A Post Heroic Era
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Author : Uzi Ben-Shalom
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date :
Military Heroism In A Post Heroic Era written by Uzi Ben-Shalom and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Hero S Destiny
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Author : Ning Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2024-05-17
Hero S Destiny written by Ning Zhang and has been published by Fulton Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-17 with Music categories.
This is a monograph on Western classical music written by a Chinese American. It contains the results of the author's years of work, i.e., more than two hundred thousand words of Beethoven-themed essays in the form of poems, essays, prose, and reviews. The book covers all aspects of the great composer Beethoven's life and career from his birth experience to his emotional life, from the background of the times to his ideology, from the review of his works to the analysis of music appreciation. The book is rich in historical information, rigorous in argumentation, incisive in commentary, and fluent in sentiment and reason. As a nonacademic scholar of Beethoven, this book is characterized by a distinctive personality, free from the constraints of traditional rules and regulations. Based on a comprehensive and profound understanding of the historical figure and his works, the author presents his original arguments and opinions on some important professional topics and fields.
Wagner And The Romantic Hero
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Author : Simon Williams
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-06-24
Wagner And The Romantic Hero written by Simon Williams and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-24 with Music categories.
Few major artists have aroused the ire and adulation of successive generations as persistently as Richard Wagner. He was the centre of controversy during his lifetime and yet, when he died, he was the most idolized man in Germany. The situation has not changed much since then. Simon Williams explores the reasons for this adulation and antipathy by examining an aspect that may be a fundamental cause for this radical division in the reception of Wagner's work, the phenomenon of heroism. Williams analyses this heroism as a function of Wagner's theatre and music, beginning with a definition and examination of the concept of the heroic. The book also discusses all thirteen stage works by Wagner and the phenomenon of heroism and Wagner's adaptation of the figure of the Romantic hero. Williams offers a theatrical, musical, and cultural re-evaluation of one of the most enduring figures in the arts.
