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HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014. Lecture Twelve: Berlin and Vienna as Cultural Capitols. The German Idea of Bildung. What Was Bildung? “Kultur” and “Zivilisation” Decentralization of German Culture before Unification. Connections Between High Culture and Popular Culture.
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HIST 2117: Modern GermanySpring 2014 Lecture Twelve: Berlin and Vienna as Cultural Capitols
The German Idea of Bildung • What Was Bildung? • “Kultur” and “Zivilisation” • Decentralization of German Culture before Unification
Connections Between High Culture and Popular Culture • Tapping the Germanic Traditions -- The Brothers Grimm • Richard Wagner and the Transformation of Opera • Expanding Audiences for Culture
Berlin and Vienna Emerge as World Cities • Population Growth and Economic Diversification • Jewish Life in Urban Centers • Urban Planning as Cultural Expression
Intellectual Avant-Garde at the End of the Nineteenth Century • The Emergence of the Social Sciences -- Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Werner Sombart • The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche • Sigmund Freud and Psychology
Modernism • Paris as Template • German Architecture -- Jugendstil • The Vienna Secession -- Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka • The Berlin Secession -- Käthe Kollwitz • Expressionism in Theater and Literature -- Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening
