6. Ascetic Politics and the Empowered Self

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface and Acknowledgments IX
4. 1. Self and Power, Self and Nation 1
5. 2. The Crises of Bildung and Science 25
6. 3. Rationalization, Identity, and Death 51
7. 4. The Identification of Self and Nation 87
8. 5. Illness as a Vocation: The Magic Mountain 120
9. 6. Ascetic Politics and the Empowered Self 159
10. 7. The Nation, the Devil, and Power: Doctor Faustus 225
11. Conclusion: Asceticism, Social Crisis, and the Overcoming of Redemption 261
12. Notes 275
13. Bibliography 341
14. Index 361