Primitive Thinking
Figuring Alterity in German Modernity
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Beschreibung
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.
Autor*in
Nicola Gess
Themen in »Primitive Thinking«
Primitivismus Modernismus Literatur Walter Benjamin Robert Musil Ethnologie Primitivism literature modernism Walter Benjamin Robert Musil anthropology