The Seduction of Culture in German History

by Wolf Lepenies

Book Overview

During the Allied bombing of Germany, Hitler was more distressed by the loss of cultural treasures than by the leveling of homes. Remarkably, his propagandists broadcast this fact, convinced that it would reveal not his callousness but his sensitivity: the destruction had failed to crush his artist's spirit. It is impossible to begin to make sense of this thinking without understanding what Wolf Lepenies calls The Seduction of Culture in German...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691164614
• ISBN13: 9780691164618
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"