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"Schöpferische Innervation der Hand" : zur Gestensprache in Benjamins "Problemen der Sprachsoziologie"
Die Optik des Wunderbaren. Prisma, Fernrohr und Spiegel als Metaphern poetologischer Selbstreflexion
Primitive Thinking
This book examines the discourse on ‘primitive thinking’ in early 20th century Germany. It explores texts from the social sciences, writings on art and language and – most centrally – literary works by Robert Musil, Walter Benjamin, Gottfried Benn and Robert Müller, focusing on three figures of alterity prominent in European primitivism: indigenous cultures, children, and the mentally ill
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