The People's Stage in Imperial Germany
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The People's Stage in Imperial Germany

Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The People's Stage in Imperial Germany

Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914

About this book

This book examines the history of the Freie Volksbuhne (Free People's Theatre), Berlin, from 1890-1914, in the light of the cultural theory and practice of German Social Democracy in Imperial Germany. The clash between German Social Democracy - the party, intellectuals and workers - and the German Imperial State was played out in the Freie Volksbahne (Free People's Theatre) founded by intellectuals to energize working class political awareness of drama with a political and social cutting edge. It fell foul of state censorship, lost its bite, yet prospered. The book looks in detail at the various programmes guiding the Volksbuhne's work and at the reception of the plays by the largely working-class audience, to offer a detailed study of the interactions between cultural and political history in Imperial Germany.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9781850437956
eBook ISBN
9780857715609
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
German History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series page
  4. Title
  5. Copyrights
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The German Working Class and Working-Class Culture
  10. 2. Social Democracy and the Primacy of Political Struggle
  11. 3. Class and Culture — The Left Marxists
  12. 4. Revisionism and Culture
  13. 5. Founding of the Freie VolksbĂźhne and Early Years under Bruno Wille, 1890-1892
  14. 6. The Freie VolksbĂźhne under Franz Mehring, 1892-1895
  15. 7. The Freie VolksbĂźhne under Conrad Schmidt, 1897-1914
  16. Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index