Die Geburt der Moderne aus dem Geist der Religion?

Religion, Weltanschauung und Moderne in Wien um 1900

Contributions by Karl Baier Contributions by Christian Danz Contributions by Klaus S. Davidowicz Contributions by Reinhard Farkas Contributions by Brigitte Holzweber Contributions by Astrid Kury Contributions by Elizabeth Loentz Contributions by Therese Muxeneder Contributions by Uwe Puschner Contributions by Esther Ramharter Contributions by Stefan Schima Contributions by Astrid Schweighofer Contributions by Torsten Voß Contributions by Claudia Wagner Contributions by Hubert Weitensfelder Contributions by Helmut Zander Edited by Rudolf Leeb Edited by Astrid Schweighofer

Book cover: Die Geburt der Moderne aus dem Geist der Religion?

Extent: 432 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Philosophy, Religious Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(June 2020)

ISBN: 9783847111436

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $94.00

In stock

Viele Protagonist*innen der Wiener Moderne waren Teil einer ausserst vitalen religiosen und religios-alternativen Szene, wurden von ihr angeregt und haben diese befordert und gepragt. Die damaligen religiosen Bewegungen waren gleichermassen Symptom und Merkmal als auch Wurzel der Moderne. Der vorliegende Band nimmt das um 1900 boomende Feld von Religion, Religiositat und Weltanschauung in den Blick und untersucht den Einfluss und spezifischen Niederschlag religioser Phanomene auf Kunst, Kultur, Literatur, Philosophie und Gesellschaft der Wiener Jahrhundertwende.


Around 1900, Vienna was one of the most important centres of Modernism and to this day is shaped by turn-of-the-century developments in art, culture, literature, architecture, etc. Many protagonists of Viennese Modernism were part of an extremely lively religious and alternative-religious scene, were inspired by it and promoted and shaped it. This volume, the result of a symposium organized by the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Vienna, focuses on the booming field of religion, religiosity and Weltanschauung around 1900 and examines the influence and specific repercussions of religious phenomena on art, culture, literature, philosophy and society of fin-de-siecle Vienna.

  • Contributions by Karl Baier
  • Contributions by Christian Danz
  • Contributions by Klaus S. Davidowicz
  • Contributions by Reinhard Farkas
  • Contributions by Brigitte Holzweber
  • Contributions by Astrid Kury
  • Contributions by Elizabeth Loentz
  • Contributions by Therese Muxeneder
  • Contributions by Uwe Puschner
  • Contributions by Esther Ramharter
  • Contributions by Stefan Schima
  • Contributions by Astrid Schweighofer
  • Contributions by Torsten Voß
  • Contributions by Claudia Wagner
  • Contributions by Hubert Weitensfelder
  • Contributions by Helmut Zander
  • Edited by Rudolf Leeb
  • Edited by Astrid Schweighofer