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During the Allied bombing of Germany, Hitler was more distressed by the loss of cultural treasures than by the leveling of homes. Remarkably, his propagandists broadcast this fact, convinced that it would reveal not his callousness but his sensitivity: the destruction had failed to crush his artist's spirit. It is impossible to begin to make sense of this thinking without understanding what Wolf Lepenies calls The Seduction of Culture in German History. This fascinating and unusual book tells the story of an arguably catastrophic German habit--that of valuing cultural achievement above all else and envisioning it as a noble substitute for politics. Lepenies examines how this tendency has affected German history from the late eighteenth century to today. He argues that the German preference for art over politics is essential to understanding the peculiar nature of Nazism, including its aesthetic appeal to many Germans (and others) and the fact that Hitler and many in his circle were failed artists and intellectuals who seem to have practiced their politics as a substitute form of art. In a series of historical, intellectual, literary, and artistic vignettes told in an essayistic style full of compelling aphorisms, this wide-ranging book pays special attention to Goethe and Thomas Mann, and also contains brilliant discussions of such diverse figures as Novalis, Walt Whitman, Leo Strauss, and Allan Bloom. The Seduction of Culture in German History is concerned not only with Germany, but with how the German obsession with culture, sense of cultural superiority, and scorn of politics have affected its relations with other countries, France and the United States in particular.

National socialism --- Politics and culture --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- History --- Germany --- Cultural policy. --- Historiography. --- Philosophy. --- Intellectual life --- Culture --- Culture and politics --- Political aspects --- 18th century --- Philosophy --- 19th century --- 20th century --- Cultural policy --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Historiography

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Présente l'iconographie et la topographie politique élaborée par A. Comte dans le cadre de son projet de transformation du positivisme de discipline scientifique en mouvement social et de théorie sociale en religion sociale.

Sociology --- Positivism --- Sociologie --- Positivisme --- Comte, Auguste, --- Criticism and interpretation --- --France --- --XIXe s., --- History --- XIXe s., 1801-1900 --- Sociology - History - 19th century --- Positivism - History - 19th century --- Comte, Auguste, - 1798-1857 --- Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857 --- France --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Allemagne --- Politique et gouvernement --- 1990-

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Middle class --- Melancholy. --- Europe --- Europe --- Intellectual life. --- Social conditions.