Weimar in Exile by Jean-Michel Palmier
A magisterial history of the artists and writers who left Weimar when the Nazis came to power
A magisterial study* Independent *
Jean-Michel Palmier's book establishes more fully than any other the extent of emigration of Germany's greatest minds and talents, and that neither the exiles nor Germany ever fully recovered. * Financial Times *
A monumental study, an impressive testament to the experiences, achievements and far-reaching influences of the refugees. * Scotsman *
Jean-Michel Palmier published books on Georg Trakl, Hegel, Lenin, Lacan and Marcuse, as well as studies on German expressionism and a great work on the fate of anti-Nazi intellectuals, Weimar in Exile, celebrated by the Académie française. Everything fascinated him. He was a scholar who anxiously, almost mystically, quested after knowledge, and reminded one of a medieval philosopher even more than of a Renaissance man of letters. He was obsessed with art and culture. He was a surveyor of the past who tracked its faintest traces. * Le Monde Diplomatique *
A monumental work * Le Monde *
This is an extraordinary book: in its historical breadth, its command of literature, documents, and archival material, its ambitious scope, and its sweeping judgments. * Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies *
Jean-Michel Palmier's book establishes more fully than any other the extent of emigration of Germany's greatest minds and talents, and that neither the exiles nor Germany ever fully recovered. * Financial Times *
A monumental study, an impressive testament to the experiences, achievements and far-reaching influences of the refugees. * Scotsman *
Jean-Michel Palmier published books on Georg Trakl, Hegel, Lenin, Lacan and Marcuse, as well as studies on German expressionism and a great work on the fate of anti-Nazi intellectuals, Weimar in Exile, celebrated by the Académie française. Everything fascinated him. He was a scholar who anxiously, almost mystically, quested after knowledge, and reminded one of a medieval philosopher even more than of a Renaissance man of letters. He was obsessed with art and culture. He was a surveyor of the past who tracked its faintest traces. * Le Monde Diplomatique *
A monumental work * Le Monde *
This is an extraordinary book: in its historical breadth, its command of literature, documents, and archival material, its ambitious scope, and its sweeping judgments. * Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies *
Jean-Michel Palmier was Professor of Aesthetics at Université Paris I, specializing in German artistic movements of the 1920s and 30s. Weimar in Exile was awarded the Prix Eugène Piccard for a work of modern history by the Académie Française.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784786441 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784786446 |
| Title | Weimar in Exile |
| Author | Jean-Michel Palmier |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2017-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
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