Cult of the Will: Nervousness and German Modernity

by Michael Cowan

Book Overview

Cult of the Will is the first comprehensive study of modernity's preoccupation with willpower. From Nietzsche's "will to power" to the fantasy of a "triumph of the will" under Nazism, the will--its pathologies and potential cures--was a topic of urgent debates in European modernity. In this study, Michael Cowan examines the emergence of "will therapy" and its impact on arts and culture in Germany after 1900. The book's five chapters lead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058730
• ISBN13: 9780271058733
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"