WEIMAR: A CULTURAL HISTORY
Book ID/图书代码： 13149011B46832
English Summary/英文概要： The term "Weimar culture," while generally accepted, is in some respects unsatisfactory, if only because political and cultural history seldom coincides in time. Expressionism was not born with the defeat of the Imperial German army, nor is there any obvious connection between abstract painting and atonal music and the escape of the Kaiser, nor were the great scientific discoveries triggered off by the proclamation of the Republic in 1919. As the eminent historian Walter Laqueur demonstrates, the avant-gardism commonly associated with post-World War One precedes the Weimar Republic by a decade.
It would no doubt be easier for the historian if the cultural history of Weimar were identical with the plays and theories of Bertolt Brecht; the creations of the Bauhaus and the articles published by the Weltbühne. But there were a great many other individuals and groups at work, and Laqueur gives a full and vivid accounting of their ideas and activities. The realities of Weimar culture comprise the political right as well as the left, the universities as well as the literary intelligentsia. It would not be complete without occasional glances beyond avant-garde thought and creation and their effects upon traditional German social and cultural attitudes and the often violent reactions against "Weimar" that would culminate with the rise of Hitler and the fall of the republic in 1933.
This authoritative work is of immense importance to anyone interested in the history of Germany in this critical period of the country’s life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于“魏玛文化”一词的理解，在某些方面不是令人满意的，仅仅因为政治历史和文化历史几乎很少能够重合。表现主义不是因为击败德意志军队才诞生的，抽象绘画、无调性音乐与凯瑟的逃跑并没有明显的关联，同样，也并不是1919年共和政体宣告成立促成了伟大的科学发现。 当然，如果魏玛文化与布莱希特的戏剧和理论是完全相同的的，如果包豪斯的创作与《世界舞台》发表的文章是完全一致的，那么对于历史学家来说，一切变得再容易不过。其实不然，有很多其他的个人或团体都在发挥着光合热，Laqueur在本书中对他们的想法和行动有充分而且生动的展示。
对于对德国这一重要历史时期感兴趣的读者来说，本书无疑是一部权威必读经典。(兼职翻译FSF)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 作者Walter Laqueur 曾在很多学校担任授课工作，其中包括乔治敦大学、哈佛大学、芝加哥大学以及特拉维夫大学。还曾担任近代史研究所主任，以及伦敦维纳图书馆的管理人员。他的作品众多，包括《欧洲末日》（The Last Days of Europe）, Dying for Jerusalem以及The Changing Face of Anti-Semitism. Walter Laqueur has taught at numerous universities including Georgetown University, Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and Tel Aviv University. He was also the director of the Institute of Contemporary History and the Wiener Library in London. His numerous works include The Last Days of Europe, Dying for Jerusalem, and The Changing Face of Anti-Semitism.
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