Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
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Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider is a seminal historical and cultural study by Peter Gay that examines the intellectual, artistic, and social life of Germany’s Weimar Republic through the lens of its marginal yet influential figures.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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cultural study → historical study → |
| academicDiscipline |
German studies
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cultural studies → history → |
| author |
Peter Gay
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| examines |
avant‑garde movements in Weimar Germany
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relationship between politics and culture in the Weimar Republic → role of Jews in Weimar culture → tension between tradition and modernism in Weimar culture → urban modernity in Weimar Germany → |
| focusesOn |
artistic life in Weimar Germany
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intellectual life in Weimar Germany → marginal figures in Weimar culture → outsiders as cultural insiders → social life in Weimar Germany → |
| genre |
cultural history
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history → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
interpretations of outsider figures in cultural history
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scholarship on interwar German culture → |
| hasPerspective |
emphasis on creativity amid political instability
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view of Weimar as a laboratory of modernity → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
German culture
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Weimar Republic → intellectual history → modernism → |
| notableFor |
influence on Weimar cultural historiography
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interpretation of Weimar culture through marginal figures → |
| publicationEra |
20th century
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| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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| relatedWork |
The Weimar Republic (historical studies)
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studies of German modernism → |
| theoreticalApproach |
psychoanalytic history
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social history → |
| timePeriodCovered |
1918–1933
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Weimar Republic → |
| usedAs |
reference work on Weimar culture
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university course text on Weimar Germany → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Peter Gay
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