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OverviewNew essays exploring the relationship between warfare and Enlightenment thought both historically and in the present. Enlightened War investigates the multiple and complex interactions between warfare and Enlightenment thought. Although the Enlightenment is traditionally identified with the ideals of progress, eternal peace, reason, and self-determination, Enlightenment discourse unfolded during a period of prolonged European warfare from the Seven Years' War to the Napoleonic conquest of Europe. The essays in this volume explore the palpable influence of war on eighteenth-century thought and argue for an ideological affinity among war, Enlightenment thought, and its legacy. The essays are interdisciplinary, engaging with history, art history, philosophy, military theory, gender studies, and literature and with historical events and cultural contexts from the early Enlightenment through German Classicism and Romanticism. The volume enriches our understanding of warfare in the eighteenth century and shows how theories and practices of war impacted concepts of subjectivity, national identity, gender, and art. It also sheds light on the contemporary discussion of the legitimacy of violence by juxtaposing theories of war, concepts of revolution, and human rights discourses. Contributors: Johannes Birgfeld, David Colclasure, Sara Eigen Figal, Ute Frevert, Wolf Kittler, Elisabeth Krimmer, Waltraud Maierhofer, Arndt Niebisch, Felix Saure, Galili Shahar, Patricia Anne Simpson, Inge Stephan. Elisabeth Krimmer is Professor of German at the University of California, Davis, and Patricia Anne Simpson is Associate Professor of German Studies at Montana State University. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elisabeth Krimmer (Series Editor) , Professor Patricia Anne Simpson (Customer) , Arndt Niebisch (Person) , David Colclasure (Person)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: Camden House Inc Volume: v. 98 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781571134950ISBN 10: 1571134956 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 01 March 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe 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 FUER 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 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 FUER 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>BR> 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 Author InformationELISABETH 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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