Crafting Flesh, Crafting the Self: Violence and Identity in Early Nineteenth-century German LiteratureThis book analyzes wounded human bodies in early nineteenth-century German literature and traces their connection to changing philosophical models of the self. It argues that literary representations and metaphors of violence against the body not only offer powerful physical referents for a concept of self, but that they also define violence as an integral component of the self. |
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Hegel thus views the philosophy of self within a historical and social framework .
The individual self is defined in relation to a social whole , which in turn
represents one stage in the historical progress toward absolute knowledge . Thus
, the ...
Hegel thus views the philosophy of self within a historical and social framework .
The individual self is defined in relation to a social whole , which in turn
represents one stage in the historical progress toward absolute knowledge . Thus
, the ...
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He represents a shift away from classicism and romanticism and toward models
of thought that emphasize social structures , power , and materialism . The self for
Kleist is inextricably entwined in social systems of power . Whereas in both ...
He represents a shift away from classicism and romanticism and toward models
of thought that emphasize social structures , power , and materialism . The self for
Kleist is inextricably entwined in social systems of power . Whereas in both ...
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The social self is a construct , determined by external forces . Valerio ' s depiction
of humans as robots resonates with Danton ' s justification of the “ September
murders . ” Danton attributes his actions to social and historical necessity ( “ Das
...
The social self is a construct , determined by external forces . Valerio ' s depiction
of humans as robots resonates with Danton ' s justification of the “ September
murders . ” Danton attributes his actions to social and historical necessity ( “ Das
...
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Inhalt
Acknowledgments | 9 |
We think of nothing excellent without | 36 |
To find a home only in the deep | 78 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Crafting Flesh, Crafting the Self: Violence and Identity in Early Nineteenth-century German Literature |
| Autor/in | John B. Lyon |
| Verlag | Bucknell University Press, 2006 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 30. Mai 2008 |
| ISBN | 083875631X, 9780838756317 |
| Länge | 280 Seiten |
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