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Tropics of Vienna

Colonial Utopias of the Habsburg Empire

Ulrich E. Bach (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2021
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-014-4 (ISBN)

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The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a multinational federation where the capital of Vienna was unmistakably linked with its eastern periphery in a quasi-colonial arrangement that inevitably shaped the cultural and intellectual life of the Habsburg Empire. This was particularly evident in the era’s colonial utopian writing, and Tropics of Vienna blends literary criticism, cultural theory, and historical analysis to illuminate this curious genre. By analyzing the works of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Theodor Herzl, Joseph Roth, and other representative Austrian writers, it reveals a shared longing for alternative social and spatial configurations beyond the concept of the “nation-state” prevalent at the time.

Ulrich E. Bach is an Associate Professor of German at Texas State University. He received his doctorate from UCLA. His work has appeared in publications such as German Quarterly, Utopian Studies, and Film and History.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: Utopian Periphery

Chapter 2. Lazar von Hellenbach: Utopia or Theosophy

Chapter 3. Theodor Hertzka: Seeking Emptiness

Chapter 4. Theodor Herzl: Vienna in Palestine

Chapter 5. Robert Mueller: Anti-Exoticism and Joseph Roth: Finis Austriae

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2021
Reihe/Serie	Austrian and Habsburg Studies
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80073-014-4 / 1800730144
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-014-4 / 9781800730144
Zustand	Neuware