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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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Keywords
- anthropology
- General studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Literary studies: from c 1900 -
- Literary studies: general
- Literature
- Literature & literary studies
- Literature: history & criticism
- Mathematics & science
- modernism
- primitivism
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
- Robert Musil
- Science: general issues
- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general
- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
- thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTZ General studies and General knowledge
- thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues
- Walter Benjamin
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DOI: 10.1515/9783110695090Editions