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Primitive Thinking: Figuring Alterity in German Modernity

Primitive Thinking: Figuring Alterity in German Modernity

Hardcover

Series: Paradigms, Book 13

Literary CriticismGeneral Science

ISBN10: 3110694689
ISBN13: 9783110694680
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Sep 6 2022
Pages: 403
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the discourse on 'primitive thinking' in early twentieth 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 figurations of alterity prominent in European primitivism: indigenous cultures, children, and the mentally ill.

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