Furio Jesi Libros

An analysis of how a political myth is taken and treated as a metaphor that reflects how a country like Germany built its own destiny. In the decades before the rise of the Third Reich, "Secret Germany" was a phrase used by the circle of writers around the poet Stefan George to describe a collective political and poetic project: the introduction of the highest values of art into everyday life, the secularization of myth and the mythologization of history. In this book, Furio Jesi takes up the term in order to trace the contours of that political, artistic, and aesthetic thread as it runs through German literary and artistic culture in the period--which, in the 1930s, became absorbed by Nazism as part of its prophecy of a triumphant future. Drawing on thinkers like Carl Jung and writers such as Thomas Mann and Rainer Maria Rilke, Jesi reveals a literary genre that was transformed, tragically, into a potent political myth.

An analysis of how a political myth is taken and treated as a metaphor that reflects how a country like Germany built its own destiny. In the decades before the rise of the Third Reich, "Secret Germany" was a phrase used by the circle of writers around the poet Stefan George to describe a collective political and poetic project: the introduction of the highest values of art into everyday life, the secularization of myth and the mythologization of history. In this book, Furio Jesi takes up the term in order to trace the contours of that political, artistic, and aesthetic thread as it runs through German literary and artistic culture in the period--which, in the 1930s, became absorbed by Nazism as part of its prophecy of a triumphant future. Drawing on thinkers like Carl Jung and writers such as Thomas Mann and Rainer Maria Rilke, Jesi reveals a literary genre that was transformed, tragically, into a potent political myth.

A crucial text at the intersection of history and philosophy in twentieth-century Italy. On December 29, 1918, the Spartakus League, a Marxist revolutionary movement, rose up in Germany calling for an end to class rule by the bourgeoisie. Massive demonstrations followed and more than 500,000 Berliners took to the streets in January--only to be crushed by police and anticommunist paramilitary troops. Several leaders of the Spartakus League were killed and the revolt was quashed. Through a detailed reconstruction of the events of that bloody winter, historian and critic Furio Jesi recasts our understanding of a foundational political difference--revolt or revolution? Drawing on a deep reserve of literary sources like Brecht, Eliade, Dostoyevsky, and Mann, Jesi outlines a uniquely incisive phenomenology of revolt that distinguishes between the purposeful historical temporality of revolution and the suspension of time that marks a revolt. This edition also includes an essay on the politics of time and revolution by Rosa Luxemburg, a founding leader of the Spartakus League.

Vor vielen Jahrhunderten beherrschten die Vampire die Welt, nun leben sie im Verborgenen, in geheimen Kammern und unterirdischen Gängen. Bis sie eines Nachts das Zeichen ihres Herrn am Himmel erkennen, ein loderndes Flammenschwert, das ein neues Zeitalter ankündigt. In rasender Geschwindigkeit erobern die Vampire die Erde zurück, die Menschen müssen zusehen, wie ihre Städte verfallen und ihre Errungenschaften zerstört werden. Die Apokalypse steht bevor. Kann sich die Menschheit noch retten?

Nei decenni precedenti l'ascesa del Terzo Reich, "Germania segreta" era un'espressione usata dal gruppo di scrittori attorno al poeta Stefan George per descrivere un progetto politico e poetico collettivo: l'introduzione dei valori più alti dell'arte nella vita quotidiana, la secolarizzazione del mito e la mitologizzazione della storia. In questo libro, Furio Jesi riprende il termine per delineare i contorni di quel filo politico, artistico e estetico che attraversa la cultura letteraria e artistica tedesca nel periodo, che negli anni '30 venne assorbito dal nazismo come parte della sua profezia di un futuro trionfante. Attingendo a pensatori come Carl Jung e scrittori come Thomas Mann e Rainer Maria Rilke, Jesi rivela un genere letterario che è stato tragicamente trasformato in un potente mito politico.

Las lecciones de brujeria y la obra en que se narran llevan aqui sus postulados a la conclusion natural: los misterios del conocimiento secreto se disipan como la bruma en el acto mismo de cobrar concrecion definitiva; una acumulacion de poder personal resulta en la despersonalizacion del poder y todos los prodigios se funden en el unico prodigio de la vida terrena.

El propio Thomas Mann advierte que esta novela trata sobre «la pasión como desequilibrio y degradación». Gustav Aschenbach, «arroyo de cenizas» en alemán, es un escritor maduro que goza de reconocimiento. Llega a Venecia en busca de inspiración, pero también de llenar sus días con reflexiones estéticas en un entorno idílico. En el hotel coincide con Tadzio, un joven de polaco que se encuentra de vacaciones con su familia. El muchacho se convierte en objeto de deseo y adoración; un amor ideal e imposible basado en la contemplación estética y que llevará a Aschenbach a renunciar a todo, incluso a sí mismo. «Hay, entre los resquicios de esa historia, un abismo que ella deja entrever y que inmediatamente identificamos en nosotros mismos.» Manuel Vicent