Primitive Thinking

Figuring Alterity in German Modernity

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Auteur
Gess, Nicola
Language
English
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Résumé
This book examines the discourse on ‘primitive thinking’ in early 20th 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 figures of alterity prominent in European primitivism:　indigenous cultures, children, and the mentally ill.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/166494
Keywords
Primitivism; literature; modernism; Walter Benjamin; Robert Musil; anthropology; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTZ General studies and General knowledge; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues
DOI
10.1515/9783110695090
ISBN
9783110695090, 9783110694680, 9783110695151
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2022
Imprint
De Gruyter
Series
PARADIGMS,
Pages
396