"Although boredom appears to be a perennial feature of the human condition, it is linked to ways of experiencing time and thinking about human existence that are recognizably modern. By tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German l…
"Although boredom appears to be a perennial feature of the human condition, it is linked to ways of experiencing time and thinking about human existence that are recognizably modern. By tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German l…
Allen Thiher demonstrates that major modernists were not only concerned with the sciences, but they also were influenced by them. He argues that there are direct relations between science and the formal shape of fiction developed by some of the most important modernists.
Musil-Forum ; Band 31 (2009/10)
Preliminary Material -- Philologie des Nicht-Wissens: Vorgehen und Thesen -- David Hilberts Über das Unendliche (1926) und Kurt Gödels Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I (1931) -- Werner Heisenbergs Über den anschaulichen Inhalt …
Schmidt examines the reception of Nietzsche's Will to Power by major 20th century authors (including Kafka, Mann, and Musil) and engages in a source-based critique of Nietzsche's ideas. Considering Nietzsche's work in its historical context, its ideological and politically preju…
