Existential Roots of Apocalyptic Violence
I should have put a question mark behind the title of my essay in order to signify that the intention to investigate existential roots of apocalyptic violence…
The Apocalypse in Germany
The Apocalypse in Germany. Klaus Vondung with Stephen D. Ricks, trans. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2000. Apocalyptic thought is not restricted to the realm of…
Apocalypse in Germany Between the World Wars (Part II)
Redemption Through Art “There are two possibilities: to comment on events with words, and to make events through words.” With this phrase, Kurt Hiller characterized in 1916…
Apocalypse in Germany Between the World Wars (Part I)
Apocalyptic Expressionism in the 1920s During the 1920s Johannes R. Becher and many other expressionists attempted to give shape to the new man by modeling him after…