4. Coming to Terms with Democracy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Preface XXI
4. A NEW DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS
5. 1. The Legacy of the War 1
6. 2. Revolution and the Birth of the Republic 35
7. 3. Economic Upheaval: Rationalization, Inflation, and Depression 60
8. 4. Coming to Terms with Democracy 86
9. 5. The Rise of Nazism 119
10. 6. The Struggle against Fascism 145
11. PRESSURE POINTS OF SOCIAL LIFE
12. Pictures 177
13. 7. White-Collar Workers: Mitlelsland or Middle Class? 181
14. 8. The Rise of the New Woman 195
15. 9. Forging a Proletarian Culture 220
16. 10. The Jewish Community: Renewal, Redefinition, Resistance 248
17. INTELLECTUALS AND THE IDEOLOGIES OF THE AGE
18. Pictures 281
19. 11. Redefining the Role of the Intellectuals 285
20. 12. Critical Theory and the Search for a New Left 309
21. 13. Revolution from the Right 330
22. 14. Cultural Pessimism: Diagnoses of Decline 355
23. THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITY
24. Pictures 389
25. 15. Imagining America: Fordism and Technology 393
26. 16. Berlin and the Countryside 412
27. 17. Designing the New World: Modern Architecture and the Bauhaus 429
28. 18. Housing for the Masses 454
29. 19. From Dada to the New Objectivity: Art and Politics 474
30. CHANGING CONFIGURATIONS OF CULTURE
31. Pictures 503
32. 20. Literature: High and Low 507
33. 21. Theater, Politics, and the Public Sphere 530
34. 22. The Roaring Twenties: Cabaret and Urban Entertainment 551
35. 23. Music for Use: Gebrauchsmusik and Opera 568
36. 24. New Mass Media: Radio and Gramophone 594
37. 25. Cinema from Expressionism to Social Realism 617
38. THE TRANSFORMATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE
39. Pictures 637
40. 26. Visual Culture: Illustrated Press and Photography 641
41. 27. Visions of Plenty: Mass Consumption, Fashion, and Advertising 655
42. 28. The Cult of the Body: Lebensreform, Sports, and Dance 673
43. 29. Sexuality: Private Rights versus Social Norms 693
44. 30. On the Margins of the Law: Vice, Crime, and the Social Order 718
45. Biographies 743
46. Political Chronology 765
47. Selected Bibliography 773
48. Acknowledgments 789
49. Index 795