1910 - The Emancipation Of Dissonance

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Complex portrayal of Europe's culture in 1910.

"This book is perfect for history enthusiasts, especially those interested in Europe and World War I. It provides a compelling look at the intellectual intricacies surrounding the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire and is full of fascinating portraits of the cultural and intellectual elite of the time."

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1910 - The Emancipation Of Dissonance

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ISBN: 9780520200432
Authors: Thomas Harrison
Date of Publication: 1996-04-12
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Music, History, Philosophy
Related Topics: History, History
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The year 1910 marks an astonishing, and largely unrecognized, juncture in Western history. In this perceptive interdisciplinary analysis, Thomas Harrison addresses the extraordinary intellectual achievement of the time. Focusing on the cultural climate of Middle Europe and paying particular attention to the life and work of Carlo Michelstaedter, he deftly portrays the reciprocal implications of different discourses―philosophy, literature, sociology, music, and painting. His beautifully balanced and deeply informed study provides a new, wider, and more ambitious definition of expressionism and shows the significance of this movement in shaping the artistic and intellectual mood of the age.1910 probes the recurrent themes and obsessions in the work of intellectuals as diverse as Egon Schiele, Georg Trakl, Vasily Kandinsky, Georg Lukàcs, Georg Simmel, Dino Campana, and Arnold Schoenberg. Together with Michelstaedter, who committed suicide in 1910 at the age of 23, these thinkers shared the essential concerns of expressionism: a sense of irresolvable conflict in human existence, the philosophical status of death, and a quest for the nature of human subjectivity. Expressionism, Harrison argues provocatively, was a last, desperate attempt by the intelligentsia to defend some of the most venerable assumptions of European culture. This ideological desperation, he claims, was more than a spiritual prelude to World War I: it was an unheeded, prophetic critique.
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Complex portrayal of Europe's culture in 1910.

"This book is perfect for history enthusiasts, especially those interested in Europe and World War I. It provides a compelling look at the intellectual intricacies surrounding the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire and is full of fascinating portraits of the cultural and intellectual elite of the time."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.