'Goethe's Modernisms' demonstrates Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society. It also reveals him to be one of modernity's profoundest critics.
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Goethe's Modernisms
'Goethe's Modernisms' demonstrates Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society. It also reveals him to be one of modernity's profoundest critics.
'Goethe's Modernisms' demonstrates Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society. It also reveals him to be one of modernity's profoundest critics.
Astrida Orle Tantillo is Visiting Associate Dean for Literatures, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, and President of The Goethe Society of North America. She is the author of The Will to Create: Goethe's Philosophy of Nature and Goethe's Elective Affinities and the Critics.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations and Goethe EditionsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Goethe's Dynamic Philosophy: The Principle of Compensation Standards, Values and Contemporary Politics: Aristotle and Rousseau Reading Goethe for TodayChapter One: Faust, Capitalism, and Technology Dynamic Perspectives and Faust Faust as a Tragedy Faust's Loss of Soul Projected Modernisms Religion in a Capitalist World Beauty and the New EconomyChapter Two: Werther the Evangelical Part I: The Sorrows of Young Werther Pietism Werther's Pietism Werther's Catholic Vestiges Part II: The Legacy of the Novel Werther's Shared History with American Evangelicalism Goethe, Emerson, and American Spiritualism Hierarchy and Werther's Case against Grammar Chapter Three: Wilhelm Meister and Progressive Education Part I: Context and Contemporary Overview Pedagogy and Human Nature: Aristotle and Rousseau Teacher-Centered versus Student-Centered Models Today Part II: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship The Arts versus Commerce Aristocratic Education and the Arts Part III: The Student-Centered and Teacher-Centered Classrooms Progressive, Student-Centered Models Business, Teacher-Centered Approaches Part IV: Wilhelm Meister's Jourbaneyman Years: Hybrid Model of Education The Pedagogical Province Reverence Balancing the Democratic against the Aristocratic Liberal Education Goethe's Hybrid Educational ModelConclusionWorks Cited