Prague territories : national conflict and cultural innovation in Franz Kafka's fin de siècle
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xiv, 331 pages ; 24 cm
"Scott Spector's cultural history maps for the first time the "territories" carved out by German-Jewish intellectuals living in Prague at the dawn of the twentieth century. Spector explores the social, cultural, and ideological contexts in which Franz Kafka and his contemporaries flourished, revealing previously unseen relationships between politics and culture. His readings of a broad array of German writers feature the work of Kafka and the so-called Prague circle and encompass journalism, political theory, Zionism, and translation as well as literary program and practice."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-317) and index
1. Prague circles : backgrounds and methods -- 2. Where's the difference? : culture, ideology, and the aesthetics of nationality -- 3. The territory of language : from art to politics -- 4. Encircling humanity : expressionist universalism and revolution -- 5. Circumscribing spiritual territory : inside Prague's cultural Zionism -- 6. New orientations : Judaism, desire, and the gaze eastward -- 7. Middle ground : translation, mediation, correspondence -- Conclusion. Middle Europe
"Scott Spector's cultural history maps for the first time the "territories" carved out by German-Jewish intellectuals living in Prague at the dawn of the twentieth century. Spector explores the social, cultural, and ideological contexts in which Franz Kafka and his contemporaries flourished, revealing previously unseen relationships between politics and culture. His readings of a broad array of German writers feature the work of Kafka and the so-called Prague circle and encompass journalism, political theory, Zionism, and translation as well as literary program and practice."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-317) and index
1. Prague circles : backgrounds and methods -- 2. Where's the difference? : culture, ideology, and the aesthetics of nationality -- 3. The territory of language : from art to politics -- 4. Encircling humanity : expressionist universalism and revolution -- 5. Circumscribing spiritual territory : inside Prague's cultural Zionism -- 6. New orientations : Judaism, desire, and the gaze eastward -- 7. Middle ground : translation, mediation, correspondence -- Conclusion. Middle Europe
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