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Degeneration and Revolution
Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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In Degeneration and Revolution: Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany Robert Heynen explores the impact of conceptions of degeneration, exemplified by eugenics and social hygiene, on the social, cultural, and political history of the left in Germany, 1914–33. Hygienic practices of bodily regulation were integral to the extension of modern capitalist social relations, and profoundly shaped Weimar culture.
Heynen’s innovative interdisciplinary approach draws on Marxist and other critical traditions to examine the politics of degeneration and socialist, communist, and anarchist responses. Drawing on key Weimar theorists and addressing artistic and cultural movements ranging from Dada to worker-produced media, this book challenges us to rethink conventional understandings of left culture and politics, and of Weimar culture more generally.
Heynen’s innovative interdisciplinary approach draws on Marxist and other critical traditions to examine the politics of degeneration and socialist, communist, and anarchist responses. Drawing on key Weimar theorists and addressing artistic and cultural movements ranging from Dada to worker-produced media, this book challenges us to rethink conventional understandings of left culture and politics, and of Weimar culture more generally.
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Robert Heynen teaches in Communication Studies at York University. He has published numerous articles on Weimar culture, socialist history, and surveillance, including in New Formations and Canadian Journal of Communication.
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eBook published on:
March 31, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9789004276277
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
678
Illustrations:
25
Coloured Illustrations:
11
eBook ISBN:
9789004276277
Keywords for this book
Expressionism; Dada; Communism; Socialism; Race; Gender; Disability; Photography; Film; Benjamin; Toller; Luxemburg; Brecht; Dix; Eugenics; history; art; social history; media; culture; communist; socialist; movements
Audience(s) for this book
All interested in: Weimar German history; early twentieth century radical media, art, and culture; history of socialist and communist movements; critical studies of degeneration and the body (race, gender, disability).
