The Trouble with Hitler
Postwar German Aesthetics and the Legacy of Fascism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5132503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric L Santner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Issue | 57 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/488439 |
| OpenAlex | W2324504692 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In his catalog of the 1987 retrospective of work by Anselm Kiefer, Mark Rosenthal cites the German poet Friedrich Holderlin as key to understanding Kiefer's formal and thematic preoccupations beginning with the series of staged tableaux composed in 1969 and published, some six years later, under the title Besetzungen [Occupations]. At issue, of course, is Kiefer's to what he has in large part become known for in the international art scene and market, namely an at times monomaniacal and disturbingly ambiguous exploration of German history and national and cultural identity.' Rosenthal refers in particular to HoSlderlin's notion that one must master what is innate in order to achieve great heights.2 The source of this notion, which found poetic expression in Holderlin's own so-called vaterMiindische Umkehr or patriotic turn to intricately wrought hymns dealing with the spiritual destiny of Germany, and the
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · German · German History and Society · German Literature and Culture Studies · History · Literature and Cultural Memory
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |