Weimar in Exile - The Antifascist Emigration in Europe and America

Zusatztext “A magisterial study.” — Independent “Jean-Michel Palmier’s book establishes more fully than any other the extent of emigration of Germany’s greatest minds and talents! and that neither the exiles nor Germany ever fully recovered.” — Financial Times “A monumental study! an impressive testament to the experiences! achievements and far-reaching influences of the refugees.” — Scotsman “Jean-Michel Palmier published books on Georg Trakl! Hegel! Lenin! Lacan and Marcuse! as well as studies on German expressionism and a great work on the fate of anti-Nazi intellectuals! Weimar in Exile! celebrated by the Académie française. Everything fascinated him. He was a scholar who anxiously! almost mystically! quested after knowledge! and reminded one of a medieval philosopher even more than of a Renaissance man of letters. He was obsessed with art and culture. He was a surveyor of the past who tracked its faintest traces.” — Le Monde Diplomatique “A monumental work.” — Le Monde “This is an extraordinary book: in its historical breadth! its command of literature! documents! and archival material! its ambitious scope! and its sweeping judgments.” — Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Informationen zum Autor Jean-Michel Palmier was Professor of Aesthetics at Université Paris I, specializing in German artistic movements of the 1920s and 30s. He is the author of, among other works, L'Expressionnisme et les arts and Retour à Berlin . Weimar in Exile was awarded the Prix Eugène Piccard for a work of modern history by the Académie Française. Klappentext Originally published in French: Weimar en exil. Editions Payot, 1987. Zusammenfassung A magisterial history of the artists and writers who left Weimar when the Nazis came to power

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• Authors: Jean Michel Palmier, Jean- Michel Palmier, Jean-Michel Palmier
• Assisted by: David Fernbach (Translation), Fernbach David (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781784786441
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-644-1
• No. of pages: 864
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Fascism & Nazism, Migration, immigration & emigration, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Migration, immigration and emigration, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples