Syberberg's Germany

Article Abstract:

Hans Jurgen Syberberg has been a prolific thinker on modern German identity. His 'Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland' was a very personal vision of German history. The film's portrayal of Hitler as having destroyed the country's culture allowed the Germans to think of themselves as Hitler's victims as well. Syberberg's 1990 book 'Vom Ungluck und Gluck der Kunst in Deutschland nach dem letzten Kriege' indicts the postwar culture of West Germany, calling it superficial and Americanized. Syberberg is similar in many ways to well-known conservatives on the German political scene.

Syberberg, Hans Jurgen

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On the utility of art for politics: Musil's "armed truce of ideas."(Robert Musil)

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Robert Musil's theory that politics finds its best ally in an independent aesthetic sphere is discussed. The clash of the dissenting perspectives of art and politics averts for Musil the threat of totalitarianism.

Literature, Art and history, Musil, Robert

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