Cult of the will: nervousness and German modernity

Michael Cowan presents a study of modernity's preoccupation with willpower. From Nietzsche's 'will to power' to a fantasy of the 'triumph of the will' under Nazism, the will - its pathologies and potential cures - was a topic of urgent debate in European modernity.

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Beteilige Person: Cowan, Michael 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pa. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:Michael Cowan presents a study of modernity's preoccupation with willpower. From Nietzsche's 'will to power' to a fantasy of the 'triumph of the will' under Nazism, the will - its pathologies and potential cures - was a topic of urgent debate in European modernity.
Beschreibung:Incl. bibliogr. references and index
Umfang:IX, 343 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780271032061