The 21 essays in this volume offer a reconsideration of modern forms of paternity and friendship as they emerge in works by German writers and philosophers from the 18th through to the 20th century. Writings consideredinclude work by Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Kafka and Arendt.
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The 21 essays in this volume offer a reconsideration of modern forms of paternity and friendship as they emerge in works by German writers and philosophers from the 18th through to the 20th century. Writings considered include work by Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Kafka and Arendt.
Using an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand men's experiences and expectations at the dawn of the twenty-first century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family li…