Enlightened War German Theories and Cultures of Warfare from Frederick the Great to Clausewitz
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ELISABETH KRIMMER is Professor of German at the University of California, Davis. PATRICIA ANNE SIMPSON is Professor of German at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. ELISABETH KRIMMER is Professor of German at the University of California, Davis. PATRICIA ANNE SIMPSON is Professor of German at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. WOLF KITTLER is Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published widely with monographs on Franz Kafka and Heinrich von Kleist. Recent publications on Impressionism as an effect of the chemical dye industry, on the history of the Greek alphabet from Euripides to Plato, on early wireless technology, on music in Jean Jacques Rousseau's work, on the history of the concept of "risk," and on transformations in perspective painting from Leon Battista Alberti to Salvador Dalí. Works in progress include: On Wings of Light: A Cultural History of Telecommunication from Antiquity to the Present, and Echo's Echoes: From Freud to Lacan.Enlightened War German Theories and Cultures of Warfare from Frederick the Great to Clausewitz
The contributions transmit, based on the example of a great variety of mostly literary texts from the German-language regions, a lively impression of the extent to which the experience and imagery of war and the culture of war put their stamp on contemporary discourse . . . . In doing so, they reflect the great pride of place of the military and war in society between the end of the eighteenth century and the end of the Napoleonic Age. . . . [T]his collection delivers important insights about the form, content, and breadth of the societal discourse about war and peace [during this period].
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR HISTORISCHE FORSCHUNG
[O]ffers a wide variety of topics, stimulating questions, and thought-provoking insights, and opens up a rich field for further research on the culture of war from the Enlightenment to the present day.
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FICTION
Adding an important perspective to existing monographs on eighteenth-century military history as well as our understanding of the Enlightenment, Enlightened War is original in its conception and stimulating in its variety. It should lead to further . . . discussion of the subjects it addresses, especially those related to contemporary considerations of human rights and the legitimate use of violence.
MONATSHEFTE
Comprehensive and welcome . . . . The strength of this well-rounded anthology rests in its interdisciplinary approach and ability to engage readers from a variety of fields. . . . Such a work is indispensable to scholars [in] history, philosophy, and literary and cultural studies, as well as women's and gender studies. [It is also] an important addition to any graduate-seminar reading list on German culture around 1800 . . . . [A] significant and necessary addition to 18th- and 19th-century scholarship . . . .
GERMAN QUARTERLY
Interesting essays that consider ways war and culture interact with and transform each other.
CHOICE
Will make [readers] confront how Germany's founding intellects embraced the unavoidability of war.
GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
The contributions transmit, based on the example of a great variety of mostly literary texts from the German-language regions, a lively impression of the extent to which the experience and imagery of war and the culture of war put their stamp on contemporary discourse . . . . In doing so, they reflect the great pride of place of the military and war in society between the end of the eighteenth century and the end of the Napoleonic Age. . . . [T]his collection delivers important insights about the form, content, and breadth of the societal discourse about war and peace [during this period].
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR HISTORISCHE FORSCHUNG
[O]ffers a wide variety of topics, stimulating questions, and thought-provoking insights, and opens up a rich field for further research on the culture of war from the Enlightenment to the present day.
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FICTION
Adding an important perspective to existing monographs on eighteenth-century military history as well as our understanding of the Enlightenment, Enlightened War is original in its conception and stimulating in its variety. It should lead to further . . . discussion of the subjects it addresses, especially those related to contemporary considerations of human rights and the legitimate use of violence.
MONATSHEFTE
Comprehensive and welcome . . . . The strength of this well-rounded anthology rests in its interdisciplinary approach and ability to engage readers from a variety of fields. . . . Such a work is indispensable to scholars [in] history, philosophy, and literary and cultural studies, as well as women's and gender studies. [It is also] an important addition to any graduate-seminar reading list on German culture around 1800 . . . . [A] significant and necessary addition to 18th- and 19th-century scholarship . . . .
GERMAN QUARTERLY
Interesting essays that consider ways war and culture interact with and transform each other.
CHOICE
Will make [readers] confront how Germany's founding intellects embraced the unavoidability of war.
GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW