Making of a Terrorist
On Classic German Rogues
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2014
177 pages
978-0-8101-6794-0 (ISBN)
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In The Making of a Terrorist, Jeffrey Champlin examines key figures from three canonical texts from the German-language literature of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: Goethe's Gotz von Berlichingen, Schiller's Die Rauber, and Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas. Champlin situates these readings within a larger theoretical and historical context, exploring the mechanics, aesthetics, and poetics of terror while explicating the emergence of the terrorist personality in modernity. In engaging and accessible prose, Champlin explores the ethical dimensions of violence and interrogates an ethics of textual violence.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Rogue Preface, by Avital Ronell
- Introduction. The Making of a Terrorist
- Chapter 1. The Test of Terrorism: Retaking 1800
- Chapter 2. Turning One's Back on the Sovereign: Götz von Berlichingen
- Chapter 3. The Law of the Death Drive: Swearing on Corpses in The Robbers
- Chapter 4. Who Reads Terrorism?: The Mandate of Michael Kohlhaas
- Conclusion. Acting on Violence-Impartially
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
