Goethe's modernisms

著者

    • Tantillo, Astrida Orle

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Goethe's modernisms

Astrida Orle Tantillo

Continuum, 2010

  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

These are pathbreaking works which draws out Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society. "Goethe's Modernisms" demonstrates Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society. It also reveals him to be one of modernity's profoundest critics. His influence has not only shaped aesthetic issues, but a myriad of cultural and intellectual ones as well. By studying his works, we can thus gain insights into the foundational principles of modern society and its shortcomings. Tantillo explores Goethe's role within the culture wars that have been with us for some time, his role as a both a progenitor and a critic of modernity, and suggests how we might rethink aspects of our current policies, whether educational or fiscal. Each chapter presents an interpretation of literary texts and then demonstrates their relationship to a contemporary issue: the ascendancy of science and technology and their close connection to new economic theories (Faust); the cultural success of religious evangelicalism and its consequences (The Sorrows of Young Werther); and, the ramifications of progressive, student-centered education (the Wilhelm Meisternovels). Each chapter further places these issues within the context of conservative and liberal philosophies.

目次

  • Abbreviations and Goethe Editions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Goethe's Dynamic Philosophy: The Principle of Compensation Standards, Values and Contemporary Politics: Aristotle and Rousseau Reading Goethe for Today
  • Chapter One: Faust, Capitalism, and Technology
  • Dynamic Perspectives and Faust, Faust as a Tragedy
  • Faust's Loss of Soul
  • Projected Modernisms
  • Religion in a Capitalist World
  • Beauty and the New Economy
  • Chapter Two: Werther the Evangelical
  • Part I: The Sorrows of Young Werther
  • Part II: The Legacy of the Novel
  • Chapter Three: Wilhelm Meister and Progressive Education
  • Part I: Context and Contemporary Overview
  • Part II: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
  • Part III: The Student-Centered and Teacher-Centered Classrooms
  • Part IV: Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years: Hybrid Model of Education
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited.

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