{"title":"Richard Braude","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Braude’s works delve into the rich intersections of history, myth, and cultural identity, offering insightful explorations of twentieth-century German culture. His writing is characterised by a thoughtful analysis of the narratives that have shaped collective memory and artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a compelling blend of scholarly rigour and engaging prose, with a focus on uncovering hidden layers within European arts and cultural history. Braude’s studies invite reflection on how myth and memory influence contemporary understanding of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"secret-germany-myth-in-twentiethcentury-german-culture-by-furio-jesi-9781803091945","title":"Secret Germany – Myth in Twentieth–Century German Culture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn analysis of how a political myth is taken and treated as a metaphor that reflects how a country like Germany built its own destiny.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the decades before the rise of the Third Reich, \u003cem\u003eSecret Germany\u003c\/em\u003e was a phrase used by the circle of writers around the poet Stefan George to describe a collective political and poetic project: the introduction of the highest values of art into everyday life, the secularisation of myth and the mythologisation of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Furio Jesi takes up the term in order to trace the contours of that political, artistic, and aesthetic thread as it runs through German literary and artistic culture in the period—which, in the 1930s, became absorbed by Nazism as part of its prophecy of a triumphant future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on thinkers like Carl Jung and writers such as Thomas Mann and Rainer Maria Rilke, Jesi reveals a literary genre that was transformed, tragically, into a potent political myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432488583404,"sku":"9781803091945","price":46.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781803091945.jpg?v=1774555385"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/richard-braude.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}