{"product_id":"karl-kraus-and-the-discourse-ari-linden-9780810141629","title":"Karl Kraus and the Discourse of Modernity","description":"Ari Linden's \u003ci\u003eKarl Kraus and the Discourse of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders the literary works of the Viennese satirist, journalist, and playwright Karl Kraus (1874-1936). Combining close readings with intellectual history, Linden shows how Kraus's two major literary achievements (\u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Third Walpurgis Night\u003c\/i\u003e) and his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/i\u003e by Aristophanes (\u003ci\u003eCloudcuckooland\u003c\/i\u003e) address the political catastrophes of the first third of Europe's twentieth century--from World War I to the rise of fascism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kraus's central insight, Linden argues, is that the medial representations of such events have produced less an informed audience than one increasingly unmoved by mass violence. In the second part of the book, Linden explores this insight as he sees it inflected in the writings of S ren Kierkegaard, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor Adorno. This hidden dialogue, Linden claims, offers us a richer understanding of the often-neglected relationship between satire and critical theory writ large.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ari Linden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810141620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810141629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020","brand":"Ari Linden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096745451775,"sku":"9780810141629","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/karl-kraus-and-the-discourse-ari-linden-9780810141629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}