The Age of Nervousness: Germany from Bismarck to Hitler – Radkau Joachim – Higher School of Economics – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-7598-4317-7
The Age of Nervousness: Germany from Bismarck to Hitler
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The Age of Nervousness: Germany from Bismarck to Hitler
29.99 €
Technological progress and the sexual emancipation of modernity, which outpaced the psychological capabilities of 19th-century humanity, triggered "nervous" mechanisms in culture that expressed a heightened sense of the new world and demanded new methods of coping, which ultimately proved so diverse and, in many ways, fatal. In this vein, the eminent German historian Joachim Radkau offers readers a unique cultural history of nerves in Germany. This fundamental study reveals a panorama of a grand era in which nerves defined both the then-young field of medical science and everyday life.
Drawing on rich archival material, Radkau details both the anamnesis and epistemology of the last 150 years of "nervous discourse" and asks what this notorious "disease of nerves" is—a cultural construct conditioned by historical turning points or a genuine experience of suffering, a passing fashion or a constant, an individual or a collective phenomenon? In search of answers, the book offers a fascinating model for interpreting political, cultural, and personal history.
The book is intended for a wide range of readers—historians, cultural scholars, political scientists, and social psychologists.
Drawing on rich archival material, Radkau details both the anamnesis and epistemology of the last 150 years of "nervous discourse" and asks what this notorious "disease of nerves" is—a cultural construct conditioned by historical turning points or a genuine experience of suffering, a passing fashion or a constant, an individual or a collective phenomenon? In search of answers, the book offers a fascinating model for interpreting political, cultural, and personal history.
The book is intended for a wide range of readers—historians, cultural scholars, political scientists, and social psychologists.
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