Primitive Thinking
Figuring Alterity in German Modernity
1st Edition
Published on 6. September 2022
VII, 396 pages
978-3-11-069509-0 (ISBN)
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This book examines the discourse on 'primitive thinking' in early twentieth century Germany. It explores texts from the social sciences, writings on art and language and - most centrally - literary works by Robert Musil, Walter Benjamin, Gottfried Benn and Robert Müller, focusing on three figurations of alterity prominent in European primitivism: indigenous cultures, children, and the mentally ill.
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