{"product_id":"subject-without-nation-9780822325703","title":"Subject Without Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrior to its destruction in 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had ruled over a vast array of nationalities and, in the course of its demise as well as after, Austria was beset by nationalism, racism, and other forms of identity politics that ultimately led to the triumph of Nazism. This title presents the study of the works of Robert Musil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An ambitious, authoritative new reading of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Qualities,\u003c\/i\u003e which establishes forcefully the relevance of the fascination of the incomparable Austrian writer. A Robert Musil for the twenty-first century? Yes. And Jonsson’s book is as suggestive about the summative powers of Musil the novelist as about that still incompletely charted cultural labyrinth called ‘modernity’ in which we continue to wander.”—Susan Sontag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations xv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Topographies of Inwardness 21\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Architecture of Modern Identity 60\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. A Story with Many Ends 97\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Subjectivity Degree Zero 133\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Monsters in Love, Angels at War 175\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Most Progressive State 217\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue 263\u003cbr\u003e Notes 271\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 337\u003cbr\u003e Index 365","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406026056023,"sku":"9780822325703","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822325703.jpg?v=1730494287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/subject-without-nation-9780822325703","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}