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Wolf Lepenies

    11 de enero de 1941

    Wolf Lepenies es un sociólogo, politólogo y autor alemán. Su obra se adentra en la historia social y cultural de Europa, especialmente en la interacción entre ciencia, política y sociedad. Lepenies examina cómo las élites intelectuales moldean la opinión pública y cómo evoluciona el papel de la intelligentsia en la sociedad moderna. Sus análisis ofrecen profundas perspectivas sobre la dinámica de la vida intelectual y su impacto en los desarrollos políticos y sociales.

    Kultura i politika
    Entangled histories and negotiated universals
    Between Literature and Science
    The seduction of culture in German history
    Melancholy and society
    Las tres culturas
    • An lisis de la relaci n llena de tensiones entre ciencias naturales, literatura y sociolog a en tres fuentes culturales: Francia (primitivo positivismo, literatura y sociolog a a fines de siglo XX); Inglaterra (John Stuart Mill, Beatris Webb, la novela ut pica como sustituto de la sociolog a: H. G. Wells y la critica literaria en los siglos XIX y XX) y Alemania (W. H. Riehl, contradicci n entre poes a y literatura, sociolog a y ciencia de la historia), cuyo resultado trasciende los l mites de tiempo y espacio.

      Las tres culturas
    • Shows that melancholy is not only a psychological condition that affects individuals but a social and cultural phenomenon that can help in understanding the middle class. Lepenies focuses on what it means when people claim to be melancholy and examines the origin and spread of the phenomenon.

      Melancholy and society
    • The seduction of culture in German history

      • 260 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      During the Allied bombing of Germany, Hitler expressed greater distress over the loss of cultural treasures than the destruction of homes. His propagandists highlighted this fact, believing it showcased his sensitivity rather than callousness, suggesting that the destruction failed to diminish his artistic spirit. To understand this mindset, one must explore what Wolf Lepenies describes as The Seduction of Culture in German History. This intriguing book delves into Germany's tendency to prioritize cultural achievement above all else, viewing it as a noble substitute for politics. Lepenies traces the impact of this inclination on German history from the late eighteenth century to the present, arguing that the preference for art over politics is crucial to comprehending the unique nature of Nazism. This includes its aesthetic allure to many Germans and the fact that Hitler and many of his associates were failed artists and intellectuals who treated politics as a form of art. Through a series of historical, intellectual, literary, and artistic vignettes, the book emphasizes figures like Goethe and Thomas Mann while also discussing Novalis, Walt Whitman, Leo Strauss, and Allan Bloom. Ultimately, it examines how Germany's cultural obsession and disdain for politics have influenced its relations with countries like France and the United States.

      The seduction of culture in German history
    • Between Literature and Science

      The Rise of Sociology

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      The book delves into the emergence of Sociology as a discipline, highlighting the influential thinkers of the nineteenth century who shaped its foundations. It explores their ideas, methodologies, and the social contexts that spurred their contributions, providing insights into how their work laid the groundwork for modern sociological thought. Through detailed analysis, the author presents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of sociological theory during this pivotal era.

      Between Literature and Science
    • Entangled histories and negotiated universals

      • 345 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals explores the changing field of local histories. Young researchers from around the world—including scholars from Canada, Mozambique, China, and Germany, representing fields as diverse as history, linguistics, political science, anthropology, medicine, and materials science—present their findings, all of which coincide in their understanding that local histories are inseparably intertwined and that, fundamentally, all history is the history of relationships.

      Entangled histories and negotiated universals
    • Diese vergnüglichen und geistreichen Essays des glanzvoll weltzugewandten Stilisten Wolf Lepenies werden vor allem eines: unsere Leselust beflügeln uns verführen zur Lektüre von anregenden Büchern. In seinen Porträts von Victor Hugo oder des Abbé Mugnier, von André Malraux oder Jean-Paul Sartre zeigt sich Lepenies als exzellenter Kenner der französischen Geistesgeschichte und erweist sich als ein Mittler zwischen den Kulturen so wie der »französische Freund Joseph Breitbach«, dem er eine große Eloge widmet. Sei es in der Wiederaneignung der Gedanken eines Freiherrn von Knigge in »Benimm und Erkenntnis« oder im mitwandernden Blick auf Fontane: Wolf Lepenies belehrt wie nebenbei über Autoren und Bücher, die zum richtigen Leben zu gebrauchen sind.

      Warum war Henry James so schlechter Laune?
    • Sainte-Beuve

      Auf der Schwelle zur Moderne

      Das Porträt von Augustin Sainte-Beuve, dem größten Kritiker im Paris des 19. Jahrhunderts. Jeden Montag wartete das gebildete Pariser Publikum mit Ungeduld auf seine Artikel in der Tageszeitung. In seinem Haus verkehrten die literarischen Berühmtheiten der Epoche: neben Flaubert, die Brüder Goncourt, Renan, George Sand, Théophile Gautier und viele andere. Er gilt heute als ein großer Kritiker der Moderne. Wolf Lepenies hat mit seiner großangelegten Studie über Sainte-Beuve zugleich ein brillantes Buch über das 19. Jahrhundert und die Rolle der Kritik geschrieben. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Forschungspreis für Romanistische Literaturwissenschaft.

      Sainte-Beuve