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Reformers, critics, and the paths of German modernity :

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Reformers, critics, and the paths of German modernity :

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anti-politics and the search for alternatives, 1890-1914 /

Kevin Repp

x, 358 pages ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index

The generation of 1890 -- Adolf Damaschke and the language of popular nationalism -- Gertrud Bäuber's new liberalism and the politics of womanhood -- Werner Sombart's "anti-politick" and the vicissitudes of Socialism "as a cultural factor" -- The Wilhelmine reform milieu

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"This look at Wilhelmine perceptions of modernity challenges both the traditional emphasis on anti-modernism as a peculiarly German response that led to the rise of National Socialism, and the more recent post-Foucauldian studies on the "pathologies of modernity," which point instead to an unreflective faith in science and efficiency on the part of German progressives. Shifting the focus away from radical extremes on either side, Kevin Repp explores the more moderate agendas of hundreds of mainstream intellectuals and activists from diverse social backgrounds who sought to surmount the human costs of industrialization without relinquishing its positive potential." "Repp combines detailed case studies of Adolf Damaschke, Gertrud Baumer, and Werner Sombart with an innovative prosopography of their milieu to show how leading reformers enlisted familiar tropes of popular nationalism, eugenics, and cultural pessimism in formulating pragmatic solutions that would be at once modern and humane."--Jacket

Political culture-- Germany-- History-- 19th century

Social reformers-- Germany-- History-- 19th century

Germany, Intellectual life, 19th century

Germany, Politics and government, 19th century

Germany, Social policy

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Repp, Kevin

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