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August 2004Weimar
Ein Reisebegleiter
by Annette Seemann
Weimar ist nicht nur die Stadt der Klassik … Der vorliegende Band lädt ein, die Stadt und ihre Umgebung auf zwölf Spaziergängen und Ausflügen zu entdecken. Kenntnisreich führt Annette Seemann durch die Jahrhunderte von der vorklassischen Zeit bis zur Gegenwart. Berücksichtigt werden auch die vielfältigen Beziehungen die die Literatur in Weimar seit jeher mit den anderen Künsten einging: mit der Architektur, der bildenden Kunst, dem Theater und der Musik.Zu Wort kommen Goethe, Wieland, Herder und Schiller ebenso wie Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Thomas Mann, Wulf Kirsten, Imre Kertész, Jorge Semprun und viele andere.
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September 2009Das Weimarer Residenzschloß
by Annette Seemann
Das Weimarer Residenzschloß war nicht nur der Wohnsitz von Herzogin Anna Amalia. 1617 wurde hier die »Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft zu Reinigung der deutschen Sprache« gegründet; in der Schloßkapelle, »Himmelsburg« genannt, war Johann Sebastian Bach an der Orgel zu hören; Goethe versuchte beim Wiederaufbau des Ostflügels, sein in Italien entwickeltes Architekturideal zu verwirklichen. Im 20. Jahrhundert tagten die Abgeordneten der Weimarer Republik im Schloß. Annette Seemann schildert seine wechselvolle Geschichte vom Mittelalter an bis heute.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 1996Weimar Germany
The republic of the reasonable
by Paul Bookbinder
The Weimar period, which extended from 1919 to 1933, was a time of political violence, economic crisis, generational and gender tension, and cultural experiment and change in Germany. Despite these major issues, the Republic is often treated only as a preface to the study of the rise of Fascism. This text seeks to restore the balance, exploring the Weimar period in its own right. Amongst the topics discussed are: Weimar as the avant-garde artistic centre of Europe in the 1920s when many cultural figures were politically engaged on both sides of the political spectrum; Weimar as a German state racked by conflict over questions of morality versus ideas of greater sexual freedom for women, homosexual rights, abortion and birth control; the struggle to win the hearts and minds of German youth, a struggle won decisively by the right-wing; and Weimar as the first German state in which women played a significant political role. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2017Selected Works of Culture and History in Hunan
Volume 5
by Hunan Research Institute of Culture and History
The book is divided into several parts, such as the study of Hunan culture, historical stories, Hunan famous characters, folk customs, appreciation of scenery in Hunan, Hunan art and literature, etc., to show Hunan's history, culture and events from different perspectives. The book is supported with theories, historical materials, and also is of interest. It is of positive significance to the advancement of the research and development of Hunan culture.
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March 2013Die klugen Frauen von Weimar
Regentinnen, Salondamen, Schriftstellerinnen und Künstlerinnen
by Ulrike Müller
Es waren nicht nur die Herren Goethe, Herder, Schiller, Liszt, Feininger und Gropius, sondern ganz besonders auch die Damen, die entscheidend dazu beigetragen haben, dass aus dem kleinen thüringischen Städtchen Weimar eine weltberühmte Stätte der Kunst und Kultur geworden ist. Ob als Regentinnen, Salondamen, Schriftstellerinnen, Frauenrechtlerinnen oder avantgardistische Künstlerinnen – Herzogin Anna Amalia, Charlotte von Stein, Johanna Schopenhauer, Jenny Lind, Fanny Lewald, Marianne Brandt und viele andere kluge und eigensinnige Damen haben seit der Zeit der Klassik bis in die Moderne des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts ihre ganz besonderen Spuren im Leben von Weimar hinterlassen.
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March 2007Anna Amalia. Herzogin von Weimar
by Annette Seemann, Constantin Beyer
Wer war diese Anna Amalia, die sich von der charmanten jungen Rokokoprinzessin zur Schutzgöttin der Künste wandelte? Dieser reichbebilderte Band illustriert den Lebensweg einer vielschichtigen Persönlichkeit, der es gelang, die eigenen künstlerischen Interessen für die kulturelle Entwicklung des Herzogtums Weimar fruchtbar zu machen. Das klassische Weimar ist ohne Anna Amalia (1739–1807), die Mutter Carl Augusts, undenkbar. Unter ihrer Regentschaft verwandelte sich die kleine Residenz zum geistigen Zentrum der Goethezeit. Es gelang ihr, herausragende Geister der Epoche – darunter Goethe, Wieland, Herder und Schiller – an ihren Hof zu ziehen. Sie begründete den »Weimarer Musenhof« mit seinen berühmten Leseabenden; sie förderte das deutsche Theater und verband das aristokratische Rokoko mit der neuen bürgerlichen Gefühlskultur. Ihre große Italienreise spiegelt die Italienbegeisterung der Zeit und Goethes Einfluß. Annette Seemann schildert den Lebensweg einer der bedeutendsten aufgeklärten Fürstinnen ihrer Zeit. Ein Akzent ihrer Darstellung liegt auf dem vielleicht größten Verdienst der Herzogin: der Gründung der »Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek«. Nach dem verheerenden Brand des Jahres 2004 wird sie in Anna Amalias 200. Todesjahr nach umfangreichen Restaurierungen wieder zur Benutzung freigegeben.
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August 2009Landschaftszeichnungen
by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Javier Arnaldo, Hermann Mildenberger, Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Herausgegeben, im Auftrag der Klassik Stiftung Weimar, von Javier Arnaldo und Hermann Mildenberger. Die Klassik Stiftung Weimar besitzt einen einmaligen Bestand von eigenhändigen Zeichnungen Goethes – ein Schatz, der nach aufwendiger Restaurierung erstmals wieder in der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt wird: Im Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid wird von Ende Januar bis Ende April 2008 eine repräsentative Auswahl von über 70 Landschaftszeichnungen ausgestellt. Das Buch zu dieser Ausstellung enthält alle ausgestellten Bilder und erscheint parallel auf deutsch im Insel Verlag. Im historischen Teil seiner Farbenlehre kommt Goethe auch – in einer "Konfession des Verfassers" – auf sich selbst zu sprechen: "Ich war in einsamen Stunden früherer Zeit auf die Natur aufmerksam geworden, wie sie sich als Landschaft zeigt, und hatte, da ich von Kindheit auf in den Werkstätten der Maler aus und ein ging, Versuche gemacht, das, was mir in der Wirklichkeit erschien, so gut es sich schicken wollte, in ein Bild zu verwandeln; ja ich fühlte hiezu, wozu ich eigentlich keine Anlage hatte, einen weit größern Trieb als zu demjenigen, was mir von Natur leicht und bequem war." Das zeichnerische Werk Goethes steht also zumindest zeitweise mit im Zentrum von Goethes Schaffen. Essays von Javier Arnaldo, Werner Hofmann, Petra Maisak, Margarete Oppel und anderen vertiefen den Eindruck, den Goethes Landschaften hinterlassen, und stellen sie in ihren lebens- und werkgeschichtlichen Kontext.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2023Politics, performance and popular culture
Theatre and society in nineteenth-century Britain
by Peter Yeandle, Katherine Newey, Jeffrey Richards
This collection brings together studies of popular performance and politics across the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective from an archivally grounded research base. It works with the concept that politics is performative and performance is political. The book is organised into three parts in dialogue regarding specific approaches to popular performance and politics. Part I offers a series of conceptual studies using popular culture as an analytical category for social and political history. Part II explores the ways that performance represents and constructs contemporary ideologies of race, nation and empire. Part III investigates the performance techniques of specific politicians - including Robert Peel, Keir Hardie and Henry Hyndman - and analyses the performative elements of collective movements.
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August 2013Hunan Culture Textbook
by Xuande WEN, Fulong TIAN
Exploring from the origin of Hunan culture, this book explains the philosophy,education,cultures,arts,science&technology,traditions,religions,customs and talents of Hunan Province step by step,which introduce Hunan culture comprehensively and systematically.
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2016Hunan Culture: Unique Part of Chinese Civilization
by Wang Zhuliang
Hunan culture is an important part of Chinese civilization. Through the continuous efforts of ancestors and various immigrants, the spirit of Hunan people has been passed from generation to generation, that is orderly, honest, and agile, romantic and practical distinctive regional characteristics as well as characteristics of Hunan culture, which is independent, pragmatic, time-sensitive, and seeking change. Generation after generation of Huxiang talents have emerged, who have had a significant impact on the development of China and even world history. This book traces the origin and characteristics of Hunan culture, introduces the ideas and contributions of Hunan celebrities, discusses the relationship between Hunan literature and Hunan culture, and last explains the reasons for the formation of Hunan culture and its influence and contribution to future generations .
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August 2011From South to North：Back to North
by Yue Nan
This is an epic book depicting the Chinese scholars of the last century in a panoramic manner. The book’s time span is nearly one century, involving most of Chinese master scholars, such as Cai Yuanpei, Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Mei Yiqi, Chen Yinke and Qian Zhongshu. In the book, Yue makes an extensive investigation and revelation. It will help the reader broaden their minds and make them mediate that period in sigh. The book is rewarded as one of ten best non-fiction books in 2011 by Asian Weekly. Mao Yushi, He Liangliang, Li Guoqing, Yu Shicun, Zhang Yiwu and Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan recommended the book. CCTV and Peking University had decided to make a big TV series.
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August 2011From South to North：Say Goodbye
by Yue Nan
This is an epic book depicting the Chinese scholars of the last century in a panoramic manner. The book’s time span is nearly one century, involving most of Chinese master scholars, such as Cai Yuanpei, Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Mei Yiqi, Chen Yinke and Qian Zhongshu. In the book, Yue makes an extensive investigation and revelation. It will help the reader broaden their minds and make them mediate that period in sigh. The book is rewarded as one of ten best non-fiction books in 2011 by Asian Weekly. Mao Yushi, He Liangliang, Li Guoqing, Yu Shicun, Zhang Yiwu and Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan recommended the book. CCTV and Peking University had decided to make a big TV series.
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August 2015From South to North：Go to South
by Yue Nan
This is an epic book depicting the Chinese scholars of the last century in a panoramic manner. The book’s time span is nearly one century, involving most of Chinese master scholars, such as Cai Yuanpei, Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Mei Yiqi, Chen Yinke and Qian Zhongshu. In the book, Yue makes an extensive investigation and revelation. It will help the reader broaden their minds and make them mediate that period in sigh. The book is rewarded as one of ten best non-fiction books in 2011 by Asian Weekly. Mao Yushi, He Liangliang, Li Guoqing, Yu Shicun, Zhang Yiwu and Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan recommended the book. CCTV and Peking University had decided to make a big TV series.
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2018Research Reports of Hunan Culture (2017)
Volume 10
by He Peiyu, Li Bin
This book covers the research reports in the period from January to December in 2017. It is divided into several parts: research reviews, research base construction and achievement introduction, and publications of excellent research topics. This volume contains a comprehensive and systematic record of the progress of the research in 2017 from the aspects of the connotation and origin of Hunan cultural study and the implied spiritual features. This book can serve as the guide book to help readers and researchers know more updated information about the study on Hunan culture.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 201830 Stories about Hunan Culture
by Wu Jinming
In this book, Hunan culture is displayed through 30 stories. Each story is like a picture vividly outlining the long-standing and profound nature of Hunan culture that keeps pace with the times. First, through Eight "paintings", the ancient civilization of Hunan is described, and it points out as the source of Chinese culture and of Hunan culture. Then,18 "pictures" are chosen to describe the development and evolution of Hunan culture since the period of slave society. Finally, it focuses on describing the significant influence of Hunan culture, which is reflected in 4 "pictures". The book allows readers to understand the evolution of Hunan culture and experience the core of the culture through stories, so as to strengthen cultural self-confidence.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2018Etiquette Culture of the Miao Minority in Lvdongshan
by Liang Yuanxin
The etiquette culture of the Miao minority in Lvdongshan area is the unique culture that is passed down from generation to generation in a special way. It is widely used in cultural activities of the Miao people in this area, and records the origin and development of the world in the eyes of the Miao people, along with the history of the changes of the Miao minority. It also reflects Miao people's recognition of the universe and the aesthetics of etiquette in daily life. This book is the collection of the etiquette culture of Miao minority in Lvdongshan area that shows the communication need in any occasions. The works adopt various forms of rhetoric like parallelism and are arranged according to the unique logic of the Miao ethnic group in Lv Dongshan. All the works, as you see, are to express good wishes and expectation for future life.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2019Chinese Tea Culture in Guzhang
by Xie Hui
Guzhang County, in western Hunan, is one of the birthplace of Chinese tea culture where several kinds of famous Chinese tea are produced and national industries and technology systems developing tea are set up. The book focuses on tea culture, and describes how people in Guzhang County realized poverty alleviation as well as lived a better life in the process of planting tea, making tea, and promoting tea. The book is about 120,000 words divided into four chapters: the first chapter introduces the spirit of tea makers through the story of Guzhang "Tea King", history of tea in Guzhang, wishes of tea planters, and the development of tea industry; the second chapter tells the stories of tea makers who manage the tea industry and promote Guzhang tea; the third chapter talks about the innovation and brand of Guzhang tea; the fourth chapter relates how outsiders contributed to the growth of Guzhang.
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