Stefan Jonsson: 3 books
Subject Without Nation
Robert Musil and the History of Modern Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2001
This innovative study of the works of Robert Musil opens a new window on the history of modern identity in western culture. Stefan Jonsson argues that Musil’s Austria was the first postimperial state in modern Europe. Prior to its destruction in 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had ruled over a...
Crowds and Democracy
The Idea and Image of the Masses from Revolution to Fascism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Between 1918 and 1933, the masses became a decisive preoccupation of European culture, fueling modernist movements in art, literature, architecture, theater, and cinema, as well as the rise of communism and fascism and experiments in radical democracy.
Spanning aesthetics, cultural studies,...
Eurafrica
The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intellectual endeavor and political project that from the 1920s saw Europe's future survival - its continued role in history - as completely bound up...