Author: Nicola Gess
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110695154
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
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.