Harry T. Craver

Reluctant Skeptic

Siegfried Kracauer and the Crises of Weimar Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Discusses Kracauer from the perspective of the history of religion in modern Germany Seeks to give more emphasis to the importance of the history of religious thought in modern German cultural and intellectual history Approaches Kracauer on the basis of some of his earlier, less known writings.

Produktdetails

• Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781785334580
• ISBN-10: 1785334581
• Artikelnr.: 46607359

Autorenporträt

Harry T. Craver holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto and currently teaches at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His work has appeared in publications such as New German Critique.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Kracauer on and in Weimar Modernity
Chapter 1. "Location Suggests Content": Kracauer on the Fringe of Religious
Revival
Chapter 2. Reading the War, Writing Crisis
Chapter 3. From Copenhagen to Baker Street: Kracauer, Kierkegaard and the
Detective Novel
Chapter 4. Religion on the Street: Kracauer and Religious Flânerie
Conclusion: Criticism in the Negative Church
Afterword: From Don Quixote to Sancho Panza
Bibliography
Index