Rethinking Vienna 1900

Steven Beller is an Independent Scholar who lives in Washington, D.C.

“This set of essays by leading scholars in the field aims to provide an overview of current work on what has sometimes been dubbed ‘the birth of modernity’ in fin-de-siècle Central Europe. This it succeeds admirably in doing, and editor Steven Beller will be thanked by many teachers of the subject of producing such a useful collection.   ·  German History"In the not exactly small field of works on the Vienna Fin-de-Siècle this volume represents an important milestone. It will be indispensable, for a long time, for the debate it pushes forward and to which it contributes so much itself."  · H-Soz-u-Kult"... tight and coherent ... not only because its eleven contributors focus on a single metropolis, but also because they generally share a common point of departure if not necessarily a common point of view."  · German Studies Review"This enthralling collection of ten distinguished essays provides not only the best introduction to the subject, but is a major contribution in its own right."  · Tim Blanning, Cambridge University"Beller's excellent introduction ... clearly lays out the scope of the original argument, provides a sound review of existing scholarship and a clear summary... [A] well-organized and focused [collection]."  · Laura Gellott, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroductionSteven BellerChapter 1. Vienna 1900 Revisited: Paradigms and ProblemsAllan JanikChapter 2. Rethinking the Liberal LegacyPieter M. JudsonChapter 3. Fin de Siècle or Jahrhundertwende: The Question of an Austrian SonderwegJames ShedelChapter 4. Theodor Herzl and Richard von Schaukal: Self-Styled Nobility and the Sources of Bourgeois Belligerence in Prewar ViennaMichael BurriChapter 5. Marginalizations: Politics and Culture beyond Fin-de-Siècle ViennaScott SpectorChapter 6. Freud’s “Vienna Middle”Alfred PfabiganChapter 7. Popper’s Cosmopolitanism: Culture Clash and Jewish IdentityMalachi Haim HacohenChapter 8. A Matter of Professionalism: Marketing Identity in Fin-de-Siècle ViennaRobert JensenChapter 9. The Image of Women in Painting: Clichés and Reality in Austria-Hungary, 1895–1905Ilona Sármány-ParsonsChapter 10. Afterthoughts about Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: The Problem of Aesthetic Culture in Central EuropeMary GluckSelect BibliographyIndex