The First World War as a Clash of Cultures

Essays examining the rift between British and German intellectual and cultural traditions before 1914 and its effect on events.This volume of essays examines the perceived rift between the British and German intellectual and cultural traditions before 1914 and how the resultant war of words both reflects and helped determine historical, political, and, ultimately, military events. This vexed symbiosis is traced first through a survey of popular fiction, from alarmist British and German "invasion novels" to the visions of Erskine Childers and Saki and even P.G. Wodehouse; contrastingly, the "mixed-marriage novels" of von Arnim, Spottiswoode, and Wylie are considered. Further topics include D. H. Lawrence's ambivalent relationship with Germany, Carl Sternheim's coded anti-militarism, H. G. Wells's and Kurd Lasswitz's visions of their countries under Martian invasion, Nietzsche as the embodiment of Prussian warmongering, and the rise in Germany of anglophobic, anti-Spencerian evolutionism. Case histories of the positions of German andEnglish academics in regard to the conflict round out the volume.Contributors: Iain Boyd White, Helena Ragg-kirkby, Rhys Williams, Ingo Cornils, Nicholas Martin, Gregory Moore, Stefan Manz, Andreas Huther, Holger KleinFred Bridgham is Senior Lecturer in the Department of German at the University of Leeds.

“This admirably cohesive volume of cultural history essays addresses an important gap in the existing scholarship, linking prewar attitudes to wartime propaganda and arguments. ... The essays here make a strong contribution to the scholarship of the early twentieth century by elaborating upon Niall Ferguson's comment that World War I was "caused by culture." GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW Gathering contributions by experts in various disciplines, this volume elucidates antagonistic cultural crosscurrents between England and Germany in the period prior to WWI.... A book for historians and scholars of literature and cultural studies. CHOICE [A]n invaluable resource for further work on Anglo-German relations. JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES The essays collected in this volume discuss the war of ideas that contributed to the sense that the First World War was more than simply the solution of political conflicts through armed action: it was a genuine "clash of civilisations." FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES”

This admirably cohesive volume of cultural history essays addresses an important gap in the existing scholarship, linking prewar attitudes to wartime propaganda and arguments. ... The essays here make a strong contribution to the scholarship of the early twentieth century by elaborating upon Niall Ferguson's comment that World War I was 'caused by culture. GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
Gathering contributions by experts in various disciplines, this volume elucidates antagonistic cultural crosscurrents between England and Germany in the period prior to WWI.... A book for historians and scholars of literature and cultural studies. CHOICE
[A]n invaluable resource for further work on Anglo-German relations. JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
The essays collected in this volume discuss the war of ideas that contributed to the sense that the First World War was more than simply the solution of political conflicts through armed action: it was a genuine 'clash of civilisations. FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES

Frederick G.T. Bridgham is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Leeds.

Hegel's Political PhilosophyA Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right Thom Brooks'Brooks's book is engaging and ... covers an impressive list of well selected topics.'Mind'A genuinely novel and interesting commentary on Hegel's Philosophy of Right .'Professor Mark Bevir, University of California, Berkeley'A very welcome addition to the literature on Hegel's political philosophy.'Professor Stephen Houlgate, University of WarwickHegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important works in the history of political philosophy. It is broadly agreed that Hegel intended this work to be interpreted as a significant part of his greater system of speculative philosophy. Where disagreement occurs is on the question of the relevance of Hegel's larger philosophical system to understanding his Philosophy of Right . This is the first book on the subject to take Hegel's system of speculative philosophy seriously as an important component of any robust understanding of his Philosophy of Right . It sets out the difference between 'systematic' and 'non-systematic' readings of the text before discussing important, relevant features of Hegel's system, in particular, the unique structure of his philosophical arguments.The greater part of the book demonstrates the results of this systematic reading by exploring several areas of Hegel's political philosophy: his theories of property, punishment, morality, law, monarchy, and war. It is shown that by looking beyond the text to Hegel's larger philosophical system, we can achieve an improved understanding of Hegel's Philosophy of Right .Thom Brooks is Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy at the University of Newcastle. He is author of Punishment (2009), co-editor (with Fabian Freyenhagen) of The Legacy of John Rawls (2005; new ed. 2007) and editor of Rousseau and Law (2005), Locke and Law (2007),

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