Rethinking Vienna 1900

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-sicle 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-Sicle 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

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

List of Illustrations Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction Steven Beller Chapter 1. Vienna 1900 Revisited: Paradigms and Problems Allan Janik Chapter 2. Rethinking the Liberal Legacy Pieter M. Judson Chapter 3. Fin de Sicle or Jahrhundertwende: The Question of an Austrian Sonderweg James Shedel Chapter 4. Theodor Herzl and Richard von Schaukal: Self-Styled Nobility and the Sources of Bourgeois Belligerence in Prewar Vienna Michael Burri Chapter 5. Marginalizations: Politics and Culture beyond Fin-de-Sicle Vienna Scott Spector Chapter 6. Freuds Vienna Middle Alfred Pfabigan Chapter 7. Poppers Cosmopolitanism: Culture Clash and Jewish Identity Malachi Haim Hacohen Chapter 8. A Matter of Professionalism: Marketing Identity in Fin-de-Sicle Vienna Robert Jensen Chapter 9. The Image of Women in Painting: Clichs and Reality in Austria-Hungary, 18951905 Ilona Srmny-Parsons Chapter 10. Afterthoughts about Fin-de-Sicle Vienna: The Problem of Aesthetic Culture in Central Europe Mary Gluck Select Bibliography Index