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Meanings of Modern Work in Nineteenth- and Twenty-First-Century German Literature and Film New edition [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 186 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 291 g
  • Sari: German Studies in America 76
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Sep-2020
  • Kirjastus: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1789978521
  • ISBN-13: 9781789978520
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 186 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 291 g
  • Sari: German Studies in America 76
  • Ilmumisaeg: 04-Sep-2020
  • Kirjastus: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1789978521
  • ISBN-13: 9781789978520
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"At a time when the humanities face a profound crisis of relevance, this volume gathers a series of interdisciplinary essays that exemplify the pertinence of German Studies scholarship to urgent problems related to work in contemporary life. Focusing on two historical paradigm shifts, the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century and the technological revolution of the late twentieth and twenty-first, the editors and contributors present insightful literary, cinematic, and philosophical examinations that highlight fulcrum moments in the history of labor and political economy. By illuminating the past through the analyses of cultural artifacts, they probe possibilities for confronting current fluctuations in work environments and transformations of our economic way of life." - Richard T. Gray, Lockwood Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, University of Washington The essays in this volume explore how the humanities can contribute to an understanding of a fundamental aspect of human life: work. This volume explores how German literature has grappled with understanding work in times of disruptive change brought about by industrialization, rapid technological advances, and globalization. It adds a cross-disciplinary perspective by including contributions from the field of film studies, on the cinematic treatment of work, and from philosophy, on the normative questions posed by changing work environments"--

The humanities can contribute to an understanding of a fundamental aspect of human life: work. This cross-disciplinary volume explores how German literature has grappled with understanding work in times of disruptive change brought about by industrialization, rapid technological advances, and globalization.



The essays in this volume explore how the humanities can contribute to an understanding of a fundamental aspect of human life: work. This volume explores how German literature has grappled with understanding work in times of disruptive change brought about by industrialization, rapid technological advances, and globalization. It adds a cross-disciplinary perspective by including contributions from the field of film studies, on the cinematic treatment of work, and from philosophy, on the normative questions posed by changing work environments.

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«At a time when the humanities face a profound crisis of relevance, this volume gathers a series of interdisciplinary essays that exemplify the pertinence of German Studies scholarship to urgent problems related to work in contemporary life. Focusing on two historical paradigm shifts, the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century and the technological revolution of the late twentieth and twenty-first, the editors and contributors present insightful literary, cinematic, and philosophical examinations that highlight fulcrum moments in the history of labor and political economy. By illuminating the past through the analyses of cultural artifacts, they probe possibilities for confronting current fluctuations in work environments and transformations of our economic way of life.» (Richard T. Gray, Lockwood Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, University of Washington)





















«This innovative volume of essays brings a set of interlocking interdisciplinary approaches (economic, philosophical, sociological) to bear on the problem of modern work. It is readable and highly informative, and it succeeds in making solid connections between the nineteenth-century industrial revolution and the second machine age of the twenty-first century.» (Ernest Schonfield, University of Glasgow)

Preface vii
Introduction: Changing Meanings of Work 1(10)
Peter C. Pfeiffer
Nathan T. Tschepik
PART I Industrial Revolution and Industrialization: Literary Redefinitions of Work
11(76)
In the Quandary of Work: The Economy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Wilhelm Meister -- and Its Traces in the Present Day
23(20)
Andre Lottmann
Doing Nothing with Words: Labor and Language in Georg Biichnev's Leonce and Lena
43(24)
Japhet Johnstone
From Uli to Hans Joggi: Jeremias Gotthelf and the Endangered Dignity of Work
67(20)
Peter C. Meilaender
PART II Disruptions of Work in the Second Machine Age: Openness and Constraint in the Twenty-First Century
87(90)
Wie geht es, doss eine Person aufhort zu existieren, ohne tot zu sein? Work and Temporality in Contemporary Novels
89(22)
Monika Shafi
Between Nostalgic Yearning and Horror Scenarios: The Meaning of "Work and Technology in Current Essay Films by Harun Farocki and Carmen Losmann
111(24)
Sabine Von Dirke
Friedrich Nietzsche and the Twenty-First-Century Aesthetization of Labor
135(20)
Martin Jorg Schafer
The Taming of Technology: Normative Theory for the Second Machine Age and the Ideals of Workers
155(22)
Michael G. Festl
Notes on Contributors 177(2)
Index 179
Peter C. Pfeiffer is Professor and Chair of the German Department at Georgetown University. His research focuses on German-language literary and cultural studies from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, most recently with a focus on literary negotiations of economic concepts.



Nathan T. Tschepik received his degree in History from Georgetown University. He is currently completing his law degree at the University of Chicago.