A presentation and analysis of the various political, social, intellectual and artistic forces and their interrelationships in Habsburg Vienna around the turn of the century. Special emphasis on the historical impact and consequences of these developments as a basis for understanding the society, politics and culture of 20th century Vienna. Includes site visits.
Method of presentation:
Lectures, tours, discussions
Required work and form of assessment:
Attendance, participation in class discussions, midterm exam, final exams, report or term paper
content:
1. Introduction
a. Historical survey
b. The European context
2. The Social Setting
a. The emperor and his court
b. The nobility
c. The second society- the bourgeoisie
d. The petite bourgeoisie
e. The workers
3. Liberalism and the Emergence of New Political Forces
a. Christian Socialism
b. Social Democrats
c. German Nationalism
d. Zionism
4. The City Administration: from Felder to Lueger
5. Urban Modernism versus Traditional Historicism
a. The architecture of the Ringstraße
b. Otto Wagner and his school
c. Adolf Loos
6. The Revolt in the Arts
a. Sezession
b. Vienna Workshop
c. New music
7. Aestheticism and Critique
a. Feuilletonisim
b. Coffee-house circles
c. Karl Kraus
8. Analysts of the Psyche
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Alfred Adler
c. O. Weininger
9. Females and Feminism: traditional womanhood and new ambitions
10. The Vienna Schools
Required readings:
Daviau, Donald. Major Figures of Turn of the Century Austrian Literature. Riverside, CA,
1991.
Endler, Franz. Vienna, A Guide to its Music. Vienna, 1989.
Janik, A., and S. Toulmin. Wittgenstein’s Vienna. New York, 1973.
Johnston, William. The Austrian Mind: An Intellectual and Social History, 1848-1938.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Lehne, Inge, and Lonnie Johnson. Vienna- The Past in the Present: A Historical Survey.
2nd ed. Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1995.
Nebehay, Christian M. Vienna 1900 Architecture and Painting.
Rickett, Richard. Österreich, sein Weg durch die Geschichte. Vienna, 1991.
Schorske, Carl E. Fin de Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture. New York: Knopf, 1980.
Vergo, Peter. Art in Vienna 1898-1918. New York, 1981.
Selected writings by Peter Altenberg, Hermann Bahr, Otto Bauer, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Adolf Hitler, Josef Hoffmann, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Karl Kraus, Adolf Loos, Rosa
Mayreder, Arthur Schnitzler, Bertha von Suttner, and Karl von Vogelsang
Recommended readings:
Clare, George. Last Waltz in Vienna: The Destruction of a Jewish Family 1842-1942.
London: Macmillan, 1981.
Hanak, Peter. The Garden and the Workshop. Essays on the Cultural History of Vienna and
Budapest. Princeton, 1998.
Kann, Robert A. A History of the Habsburg Empire: 1526-1918. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1974.
Morton, Frederic. A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1979.
Rosenblit, Marsha. The Jews of Vienna 1867-1914: Assimilation and Identity. Albany: State
University of New York Press, 1983.
Segen, Harold. The Vienna Coffeehouse. Indiana University Press, 1993.
Timms, E., and R. Robertson. Vienna 1900. Edinburgh, 1990.
Fin de Siècle Vienna: 1865 - 1914
A presentation and analysis of the various political, social, intellectual and artistic forces and their interrelationships in Habsburg Vienna around the turn of the century. Special emphasis on the historical impact and consequences of these developments as a basis for understanding the society, politics and culture of 20th century Vienna. Includes site visits.
Lectures, tours, discussions
Attendance, participation in class discussions, midterm exam, final exams, report or term paper
1. Introduction
a. Historical survey
b. The European context
2. The Social Setting
a. The emperor and his court
b. The nobility
c. The second society- the bourgeoisie
d. The petite bourgeoisie
e. The workers
3. Liberalism and the Emergence of New Political Forces
a. Christian Socialism
b. Social Democrats
c. German Nationalism
d. Zionism
4. The City Administration: from Felder to Lueger
5. Urban Modernism versus Traditional Historicism
a. The architecture of the Ringstraße
b. Otto Wagner and his school
c. Adolf Loos
6. The Revolt in the Arts
a. Sezession
b. Vienna Workshop
c. New music
7. Aestheticism and Critique
a. Feuilletonisim
b. Coffee-house circles
c. Karl Kraus
8. Analysts of the Psyche
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Alfred Adler
c. O. Weininger
9. Females and Feminism: traditional womanhood and new ambitions
10. The Vienna Schools
Daviau, Donald. Major Figures of Turn of the Century Austrian Literature. Riverside, CA,
1991.
Endler, Franz. Vienna, A Guide to its Music. Vienna, 1989.
Janik, A., and S. Toulmin. Wittgenstein’s Vienna. New York, 1973.
Johnston, William. The Austrian Mind: An Intellectual and Social History, 1848-1938.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Lehne, Inge, and Lonnie Johnson. Vienna- The Past in the Present: A Historical Survey.
2nd ed. Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1995.
Nebehay, Christian M. Vienna 1900 Architecture and Painting.
Rickett, Richard. Österreich, sein Weg durch die Geschichte. Vienna, 1991.
Schorske, Carl E. Fin de Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture. New York: Knopf, 1980.
Vergo, Peter. Art in Vienna 1898-1918. New York, 1981.
Selected writings by Peter Altenberg, Hermann Bahr, Otto Bauer, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Adolf Hitler, Josef Hoffmann, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Karl Kraus, Adolf Loos, Rosa
Mayreder, Arthur Schnitzler, Bertha von Suttner, and Karl von Vogelsang
Clare, George. Last Waltz in Vienna: The Destruction of a Jewish Family 1842-1942.
London: Macmillan, 1981.
Hanak, Peter. The Garden and the Workshop. Essays on the Cultural History of Vienna and
Budapest. Princeton, 1998.
Kann, Robert A. A History of the Habsburg Empire: 1526-1918. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1974.
Morton, Frederic. A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1979.
Rosenblit, Marsha. The Jews of Vienna 1867-1914: Assimilation and Identity. Albany: State
University of New York Press, 1983.
Segen, Harold. The Vienna Coffeehouse. Indiana University Press, 1993.
Timms, E., and R. Robertson. Vienna 1900. Edinburgh, 1990.