Guilt and Defense - On the Legacies of National Socialism in Postwar Germany

Informationen zum Autor Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) was a leading figure in the Frankfurt School and one of the twentieth century's most demanding intellectuals. Recognized for his contributions to the fields of philosophy, sociology, aesthetics, literary criticism, and musicology, Adorno continues to be a thinker of extraordinary influence and importance in Germany, and his reputation continues to grow in the English-speaking world as his many works are translated. Jeffrey K. Olick is Professor of Sociology and History, University of Virginia. Andrew J. Perrin is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Klappentext A psychoanalytically informed analysis of the rhetorical and conceptual mechanisms with which postwar Germans most often denied responsibility for the Nazi past. It provides important perspectives on postwar German political culture! on the dynamics of collective memory! and on Adorno's intellectual legacies. Zusammenfassung A psychoanalytically informed analysis of the rhetorical and conceptual mechanisms with which postwar Germans most often denied responsibility for the Nazi past. It provides important perspectives on postwar German political culture! on the dynamics of collective memory! and on Adorno's intellectual legacies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Theodor W. Adorno
• Con la collaborazione di: Jeffrey K. Olick (Editore), Andrew J. Perrin (Editore), Jeffrey K. Olick (Traduzione), Andrew J. Perrin (Traduzione), Olick Jeffrey K. (Editore e traduzione), Perrin Andrew J. (Editore e traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2010
• EAN: 9780674036031
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03603-1
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sociology, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)