Hostility of the Body as a Principle of the German Enlightenment

Authors

  • Corinna Heipcke Lecturer in German (DAAD), University of Surrey (UK), School of Arts, LCIS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/277

Keywords:

Körper, Konsum, Literatur, Neuzeit, Ökonomie, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

This volume collects 18 contributions on the constructions of the body in the discourse of fashion at the end of the 18th century, as well as in the works of Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist, Schiller, La Roche, Gersdorf, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Heine, Henriette Herz, and Winckelmann. Among other results, the articles conclude that hostility of the body was produced as a central characteristic of the Enlightenment. It served as a mechanism of individual (self-) control, as well as an instrument for creating deficient individuals, who secured the existence of early capitalism in the Enlightenment through compensated consumption.

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Published

2004-07-07

Issue

No. 13 (2004): Recht

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2004 Corinna Heipcke

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