The Red Vienna Sourcebook

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The Red Vienna Sourcebook

Edited by: Rob McFarland , Georg Spitaler and Ingo Zechner

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2020

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An encyclopedic selection of original documents from the Austrian capital's pathbreaking, progressive interwar period, translated and with contextualizing introductions and commentaries.

Immediately after World War I, in 1919, the Austrian capital Vienna elected a Social Democratic majority that persisted until 1934. The city's leaders, together with its intellectuals, boldly imagined a new society that would be economically just, scientifically rigorous, and radically democratic. "Red Vienna" undertook experiments in public housing, welfare, and education while maintaining a world-class presence in science, music, literature, theater, andother fields of cultural production. Though Red Vienna eventually fell victim to fascist violence, it left a rich legacy with potential to inform our own tumultuous times.
The Red Vienna Sourcebook provides scholars and students with a selection of some 280 key texts from the period, carefully translated and introduced. These texts connect readers to the era's most fascinating discussions, movements, and personalities and will be of interest to such diverse disciplines as architecture, economics, film studies, history, Jewish studies, literary studies, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, sports, and women's studies.

Rob McFarland isProfessor of German Literature, Film and Culture at Brigham Young University. Georg Spitaler is a researcher at the Austrian Labor History Society. Ingo Zechner is Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History.

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Contributor: Rob McFarland Rob McFarland is Professor of German Literature, Film and Culture at Brigham Young University. --- Contributor: Georg Spitaler Georg Spitaler is a researcher at the Austrian Labor History Society. --- Contributor: Ingo Zechner Ingo Zechner is Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Permissions and Credits Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
A Note on the Structure of This Book Publicly Available Download PDF	xxix
Introduction Rob McFarland, Georg Spitaler and Ingo Zechner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part I. Foundations
Chapter 1: Constitution, Legislation, and Jurisdiction Vrääth Öhner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
Chapter 2: Finances and Taxes Veronika Duma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
Chapter 3: Consumption and Entertainment Marie-Noëlle Yazdanpanah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
Part II. Philosophies
Chapter 4: Empirical Social Research Ingo Zechner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
Chapter 5: Logical Empiricism Gernot Waldner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Chapter 6: Austro-Marxism Vrääth Öhner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Chapter 7: Freudo-Marxism and Individual Psychology Rob McFarland, Nicole G. Burgoyne and Georg Vasold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
Part III. Identities
Chapter 8: Post-Empire Kristin Kopp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Chapter 9: Demography Kristin Kopp and Werner Michael Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Chapter 10: Jewish Life and Culture Rob McFarland, Nicole G. Burgoyne and Gabriel Trop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Part IV. New Values
Chapter 11: Religion and Secularism Gabriel Trop and Rob McFarland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Chapter 12: The New Woman and Women’s Rights Marie-Noëlle Yazdanpanah and Veronika Duma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
Chapter 13: Sexuality Katrin Pilz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
Part V. Social Engineering
Chapter 14: Health Care and Social Hygiene Birgit Nemec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
Chapter 15: Welfare Katrin Pilz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Chapter 16: Education for Everyone Marie-Noëlle Yazdanpanah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	313
Part VI. Vitality
Chapter 17: Labor and Free Time Vrääth Öhner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	331
Chapter 18: Sports and Body Culture Georg Spitaler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
Chapter 19: Nature Cara Tovey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369
Part VII. Housing
Chapter 20: Urban Planning Aleks Kudryashova and Werner Michael Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387
Chapter 21: Architecture Georg Vasold and Aleks Kudryashova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	405
Chapter 22: Interior Design Aleks Kudryashova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	425
Part VIII. Cultural Politics
Chapter 23: Fine Arts Georg Vasold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	443
Chapter 24: New Music Wolfgang Fichna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
Chapter 25: Literature Richard Lambert and Gernot Waldner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	483
Chapter 26: Theater Richard Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	503
Part IX. Mass Media
Chapter 27: Film and Photography Joachim Schätz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	525
Chapter 28: Newspapers and Radio Erik Born and Richard Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	547
Part X. Exchange
Chapter 29: Americanism Rob McFarland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	567
Chapter 30: Global Resonances Werner Michael Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	587
Part XI. Reaction
Chapter 31: Anti-Semitism Nicole G. Burgoyne and Vrääth Öhner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	607
Chapter 32: Black Vienna Wolfgang Fichna and Azadeh Yamini-Hamedani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	627
Chapter 33: Brown Vienna Vrääth Öhner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	649
Part XII. Power
Chapter 34: Campaigns and Elections Werner Michael Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	669
Chapter 35: Communication and Propaganda Alicia Roy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	689
Chapter 36: Political Violence Ingo Zechner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	707
Chronology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	725
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	739
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	749
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	753
Index of Persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	765

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January 30, 2024

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9781787446106

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Camden House

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787446106

eBook ISBN: 9781787446106

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Austria; Socialism; urban development; nature; propaganda; Judaism; Anti-Semitism; Elections; Marxism; Feminism; Weimar Republic; art history; labor movements; Vienna School; Women's Movement; radio; kineticism; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Education Reform

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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research

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