Subject Without Nation - Robert Musil and the History of Modern Identity

"An ambitious, authoritative new reading of "The Man Without Qualities, " which establishes forcefully the relevance of the fascination of the incomparable Austrian writer. A Robert Musil for the twenty-first century? Yes. And Jonsson's book is as suggestive about the summative powers of Musil the novelist as about that still incompletely charted cultural labyrinth called 'modernity' in which we continue to wander."--Susan Sontag

Sommario

Preface ix

Abbreviations xv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1. Topographies of Inwardness 21

Chapter 2. The Architecture of Modern Identity 60

Chapter 3. A Story with Many Ends 97

Chapter 4. Subjectivity Degree Zero 133

Chapter 5. Monsters in Love, Angels at War 175

Chapter 6. The Most Progressive State 217

Epilogue 263

Notes 271

Bibliography 337

Index 365

Info autore

Stefan Jonsson

Riassunto

Prior to its destruction in 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had ruled over a vast array of nationalities and, in the course of its demise as well as after, Austria was beset by nationalism, racism, and other forms of identity politics that ultimately led to the triumph of Nazism. This title presents the study of the works of Robert Musil.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonsson, Stefan Jonsson
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.01.2001
• EAN: 9780822325512
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2551-2
• Pagine: 392
• Peso: 907 g
• Illustrazioni: 11 b&w photographs
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Österreich, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein