Antisemitic Elements in the Critique of Capitalism in German Culture, 1850-1933

Hermand, Jost

ISBN 10: 3039110403 / ISBN 13: 9783039110407

Published by Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis 2007-07, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antisemitic Elements in the Critique of Capitalism in German Culture, 1850-1933
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis 2007-07
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039110403
• ISBN 13: 9783039110407
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume examines selected works of German literature from Gustav Freytag to Joseph Goebbels in relation to ethical, socio-economic, and political texts from the economic take off period in the middle of the nineteenth century up to the rise of National Socialism and investigates two aspects of anti-Semitic anti-capitalistic representations contained therein. First it traces how the Jews gained the dubious distinction of being the inventors, even embodiment, of capitalism and elaborates on negative traits assigned to both of them. Second it examines how representations of specifically Jewish capitalists were instrumentalized both to discredit laissez faire and simultaneously to assist in the definition of a specifically German socio-economic ethos.

About the Author

The Author: Matthew Lange received his doctorate in German literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006 and is currently an Assistant Professor of German at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.