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Overview"Ernst Kantorowicz was a complex figure whose long incident-filled life seemed to embody many of the contradictions of the 20th century. A Jew from a disputed area between Germany and Poland who fought on the German side in World War I, he first achieved academic success with ""Frederick II"" (1927), a work whose language, in Gabrielle Spiegel's words, ""often came perilously close to that of the Nazi party"" in its desire to see a reconstituted German nation once again dominant on the world stage. Forced to emigrate when the Nazis came to power, Kantorowicz later became embroiled in controversy when, at Berkeley during the McCarthy era, he refused to sign an oath of allegiance designed to identify Communist Party sympathizers. Resigning from Berkeley as a result of the controversy over the loyalty oath, Kantorowicz moved to the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, where he remained for the rest of his life and where he wrote his masterpiece, ""The King's Two Bodies"". Kantorowicz the historian, however, had no wish to see his own life become a subject of historical study. When he died in 1963, his will directed that all his personal papers be destroyed. Why had a historian so involved in history wished to erase himself from it? In this account, Alain Boureau confronts this question by speculating on the nature of biography as well as providing a biographical study. In the absence of personal records, Boureau seeks to get at the interior life of this enigmatic individual through the recourse of ""parallel lives"" - real-life figures and characters from novels of the time who were faced with similar crises and who shared aspects of upbringing, training and circumstance. This biography was originally published in France in 1990." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alain Boureau , Stephen G. Nichols (James M. Beall Professor of French and Humanities, The Johns Hopkins University) , Gabrielle M. Spiegel (Johns Hopkins University) , Martin JayPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.312kg ISBN: 9780801866234ISBN 10: 0801866235 Pages: 136 Publication Date: 19 May 2001 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Language: English Table of ContentsContents: Forward by Martin Jay Preface to the American Translation Chapter 1 Visiting the Monument Known as E.K. Chapter 2 The Hidden Body Chapter 3 Incorporation Chapter 4 The Lost Body Chapter 5 Foreign Body Chapter 6 Two BodiesReviewsWith Boureau it is as with Kantorowicz himself: one is not truly persuaded at the end, but one is dazzled by the performance. --Le Monde After reading this grand little book, one is certain of one thing: the life of an intellectual can be just as passionate as the life of an adventurer. --L'Express It is not the work of Kantorowicz that forms the principal subject of this very good book by Alain Boureau, although he does offer profound commentary on it when the occasion presents itself. His more fundamental question is: how this work was shaped by the historian's life and destiny. --Le Figaro After reading this grand little book, one is certain of one thing: the life of an intellectual can be just as passionate as the life of an adventurer. --L'Express It is not the work of Kantorowicz that forms the principal subject of this very good book by Alain Boureau, although he does offer profound commentary on it when the occasion presents itself. His more fundamental question is: how this work was shaped by the historian's life and destiny. --Le Figaro With Boureau it is as with Kantorowicz himself: one is not truly persuaded at the end, but one is dazzled by the performance. --Le Monde <p> It is not the work of Kantorowicz that forms the principal subject of this very good book by Alain Boureau, although he does offer profound commentary on it when the occasion presents itself. His more fundamental question is: how this work was shaped by the historian's life and destiny. -- Le Figaro, reviewing a previous edition or volume With Boureau it is as with Kantorowicz himself: one is not truly persuaded at the end, but one is dazzled by the performance. --Le Monde It is not the work of Kantorowicz that forms the principal subject of this very good book by Alain Boureau, although he does offer profound commentary on it when the occasion presents itself. His more fundamental question is: how this work was shaped by the historian's life and destiny. --Le Figaro After reading this grand little book, one is certain of one thing: the life of an intellectual can be just as passionate as the life of an adventurer. --L'Express With Boureau it is as with Kantorowicz himself: one is not truly persuaded at the end, but one is dazzled by the performance. -- Le Monde, reviewing a previous edition or volume After reading this grand little book, one is certain of one thing: the life of an intellectual can be just as passionate as the life of an adventurer. -- L'Express, reviewing a previous edition or volume It is not the work of Kantorowicz that forms the principal subject of this very good book by Alain Boureau, although he does offer profound commentary on it when the occasion presents itself. His more fundamental question is: how this work was shaped by the historian's life and destiny. -- Le Figaro, reviewing a previous edition or volume It is not the work of Kantorowicz that forms the principal subject of this very good book by Alain Boureau, although he does offer profound commentary on it when the occasion presents itself. His more fundamental question is: how this work was shaped by the historian's life and destiny. -- Le Figaro, reviewing a previous edition or volume After reading this grand little book, one is certain of one thing: the life of an intellectual can be just as passionate as the life of an adventurer. -- L'Express, reviewing a previous edition or volume With Boureau it is as with Kantorowicz himself: one is not truly persuaded at the end, but one is dazzled by the performance. -- Le Monde, reviewing a previous edition or volume Author InformationAuthor Website: http://grll.jhu.edu/FacultyBio/Nichols.htmlAlain Boureau is the director of studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris. He is the author of many previous books, including The Lord's First Night, Alter Histoire, L'Evenement sans fin, and La Papesse Jeanne. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://grll.jhu.edu/FacultyBio/Nichols.htmlCountries AvailableAll regions |
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