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Klaus Vondung was born in Ulm.
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The Apocalypse in Germany
( Originally published in German in 1988, The Apocalypse ...)
Originally published in German in 1988, The Apocalypse in Germany is now available for the first time in English. A fitting subject for the dawn of the new millennium, the apocalypse has intrigued humanity for the last two thousand years, serving as both a fascinating vision of redemption and a profound threat. A cross-disciplinary study, The Apocalypse in Germany analyzes fundamental aspects of the apocalypse as a religious, political, and aesthetic phenomenon. Author Klaus Vondung draws from religious, philosophical, and political texts, as well as works of art and literature. Using classic Jewish and Christian apocalyptic texts as symbolic and historical paradigms, Vondung determines the structural characteristics and the typical images of the apocalyptic worldview. He clarifies the relationship between apocalyptic visions and utopian speculations and explores the question of whether modern apocalypses can be viewed as secularizations of the Judeo-Christian models. Examining sources from the eighteenth century to the present, Vondung considers the origins of German nationalism, World War I, National Socialism, and the apocalyptic tendencies in Marxism as well as German literature—from the fin de siècle to postmodernism. His analysis of the existential dimension of the apocalypse explores the circumstances under which particular individuals become apocalyptic visionaries and explains why the apocalyptic tradition is so prevalent in Germany. The Apocalypse in Germany offers an interdisciplinary perspective that will appeal to a broad audience. This book will also be of value to readers with an interest in German studies, as it clarifies the riddles of Germany's turbulent history and examines the profile of German culture, particularly in the past century.
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The Apocalypse in Germany (By: Klaus Vondung) published: January, 2001
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Klaus Vondung
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Education
He studied German, history, philosophy and politics at University of Tübingen and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University), where he passed the Staatsexamen during the winter semester of 1965/66. Three years later he received a Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor phil) of Ludwig Maximilian University and spent the next two years as a lecturer.
Career
The focus of his academic work lies on the interplay of literature, politics and religion during the German Empire, Nazi Germany and beyond. Having been granted a scholarship of the German Research Foundation, he spent two years of post-graduate research at Stanford University. Following a habilitation about the more recent history of German literature, Klaus Vondung was appointed a professor of German studies and literature at University of Siegen in 1976, a post which he held until becoming an emeritus in 2006.
During intervals of his time in Siegen, he also served as dean and prorector.
Vondung"s academic research interests are expressed by the premise of the graduate school "Forms of Communication as Forms of Life", of which he was the speaker. During his academic career, Vondung was guest professor at the universities of Florida, of Houston, and of Osaka, as well as Kwansei Gakuin University and Zhejiang University, the last one on unlimited terms.
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The Apocalypse in Germany
( Originally published in German in 1988, The Apocalypse ...)
- The Apocalypse in Germany (By: Klaus Vondung) published: January, 2001
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The Apocalypse in Germany
