Temptations of Faust: The Logic of Fascism and Postmodern Archaeologies of Modernity by Cobley, Evelyn

Temptations of Faust: The Logic of Fascism and Postmodern Archaeologies of Modernity

Temptations of Faust is a theoretical analysis of the conceptual paradigms that allowed German fascism to emerge...
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Author: Evelyn Cobley
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Language: English
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Temptations of Faust: The Logic of Fascism and Postmodern Archaeologies of Modernity by Cobley, Evelyn

Temptations of Faust: The Logic of Fascism and Postmodern Archaeologies of Modernity

€191,14

Temptations of Faust: The Logic of Fascism and Postmodern Archaeologies of Modernity

€191,14
Author: Evelyn Cobley
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Temptations of Faust is a theoretical analysis of the conceptual paradigms that allowed German fascism to emerge in a highly civilized nation. Analyzing these paradigms through the dual lens of Thomas Mann's novel Doctor Faustus, his self-confessed parable of fascism about the avant-garde composer Adrian Leverknhn, and Theodor W. Adorno's Philosophy of Modern Music, this cultural study draws on aesthetic, sociohistorical, political, and philosophical discourses to conclude that German fascism is at once continuous and discontinuous with the emancipatory ambitions of modernity. Drawing on Adorno's sociohistorical critique of avant-garde music, Cobley connects Leverknhn's radical aesthetic innovation with Hitler's radical reconfiguration of Germany's administrative apparatus and discovers that postmodern processes of fragmentation may well remain complicit with the totalizing tendencies they seek to disrupt. This lucid and sophisticated book demonstrates that Doctor Faustus provides a more astute understanding of German fascism than Mann is usually given credit for.



Author: Evelyn Cobley
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 08/24/2002
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.72h x 6.84w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9780802036575

About the Author
Cobley, Evelyn: - Evelyn Cobley is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Victoria.

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