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Vienna's (and maybe the rest of the Austro-Hungarian empire) famous thinkers and creators: Freud, Wittgenstein, Musil, Broch, Brucker, Mahler, Bartok, Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Adolf Loos, Karl Kraus, Ernst Mach, Karl Popper, Schumpeter, Hayek, von Neumann

this essay is about composer Anton Webern, who happened to be pro-Hitler and died near the end of WWII (accidentally? shot by Allied forces)


        Steiner, G. (2009). Wien, Wien, Nur de Allein. In Steiner, G. At the New Yorker. New Directions, pp. 47-53

(adjective) of or relating to Pietism / (adjective) of or relating to religious devotion or devout persons / (adjective) marked by overly sentimental or emotional devotion to religion; religiose

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which led to naive pietistic grandiloquence

thought it had something to with piety but not sure what exactly

—p.49 by George Steiner

strange

6 years, 11 months ago

which led to naive pietistic grandiloquence

thought it had something to with piety but not sure what exactly

—p.49 by George Steiner

strange

6 years, 11 months ago

(noun) the revival of something that has been dormant; another term for Renaissance

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The Hitler regime seemed to embody an awesome renascence of the German and Central European genius.

—p.50 by George Steiner

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6 years, 11 months ago

The Hitler regime seemed to embody an awesome renascence of the German and Central European genius.

—p.50 by George Steiner

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6 years, 11 months ago

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers