Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. 1 The Geography of Wilhelmine Culture 1
5. 2 The Category of Charisma: Max Weber 25
6. 3 Realism and Commodities 55
7. 4 The Dialectics of Liberalism: Gustav Freytag 79
8. 5 The Authority of Address: Adalbert Stifter 105
9. 6 The Dissolution of Meaning: Theodor Fontane 134
10. 7 Culture Industry and Reification: Georg Hermann 161
11. 8 The Charismatic Novel: Robert Musil, Hermann Hesse, and Elias Canetti 179
12. 9 Fascist Modernism: Ernst Jünger and Hans Grimm 205
13. 10 Leftist Modernism: Alfred Döblin, Oskar Maria Graf and Walter Benjamin 232
14. 11 Modernism as Social Individuality: Thomas Mann 261
15. Notes 289
16. Credits 300
17. Index 301