The Culture of the Case
Madness, Crime, and Justice in Modern German Art
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- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2023
Summary
In early twentieth-century Germany, the artistic avant-garde borrowed procedures from the medical and juridical realms to expose and debate matters that society preferred remain hidden and unspoken. Frederic J. Schwartz explores how the evocation or creation of a “case” provided artists with a means to engage themes that ranged from blasphemy to Lustmord, or sexual murder. Shedding light on the case as a cultural form, Schwartz shows its profound effect on artists and the ways it dovetailed w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047708 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262047705 |
| Author: | Frederic J. Schwartz |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 159mm |
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Critics Review
“The Culture of the Case reads as law and humanities scholarship of the best kind—cross-disciplinary, wide-ranging, associative, and well-researched in archives and scholarship in both German and English… . A major and exceptional book. The Culture of the Case manages to pull off the rare feat of matching the creativity of its subjects and topic with its own creativity of thought and high-level scholarly analysis. Hats off—just like the bald man on the cover.”
—Law, Culture and the Humanities
“A conceptually ambitious re-evaluation of art, crime, and publicity in early-twentieth-century German-speaking Europe… . Schwartz is an admirable guide.”
—Oxford Art Journal
“Let there be no mistake: this is a compact yet magnificent contribution to the history of modern cultural production in German-speaking Central Europe. It should be an essential read not only for modern art historians but also for cultural historians and social theorists who think about subcultural rebellion and disciplinary authority, individual agency and social constraint, and the determined negotiations that produce knowledge.”
—German Studies Review
About The Author
Frederic J. Schwartz
Frederic J. Schwartz is Emeritus Professor of History of Art at University College London. His books include The Werkbund- Design Theory and Mass Culture before the First World War and Blind Spots- Critical Theory and the History of Art in Twentieth-Century Germany.
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