The radical rupture in civilization, the future and defense of democracy, the fight against totalitarianism and mass hysteria, the commitment to human rights, and the utopian potential of literature – these were the topics that...
Ornament as Crisis explores the ways in which the novels of Hermann Broch’s Sleepwalkers (Schlafwandler) trilogy participate in and employ the history of architecture, architectural theory, and contemporary architectural...
Im Herbstsemester 1950, etwa ein halbes Jahr vor seinem Tod, hielt Broch an der Yale University einen Vortrag über das Kitschproblem. Dort stellte er dem ‚Germanic Club‘ seine Kitschtheorie mit Beispielen aus der Romantik vor....
In Brochs Werken und Romanen steht die Erkenntnis im Mittelpunkt. Dies betont Broch selbst in seinen Schriften und Briefen; auch die Sekundärliteratur macht dies nachdrücklich geltend. Im Kontext seiner Kulturtheorie jedoch...
Hermann Broch was a prolific letter writer and spent much of his life explaining and promoting his thoughts and ideas in letters. These letters show his belief that his work was worth communicating to others and that he was...
After publishing his first major literary work between 1930 and 1932, the momentous trilogy Die Schlafwandler, Hermann Broch found himself a critically acclaimed author but not a wealthy one. The modest sales expectations of...