Artists and intellectuals and the requests of power: [papers given at the Workshop "Artists and Intellectuals and the Requests of Power", held from 26 to 29 July 2007 at the Accademia di Studi Italo-Tedeschi]

Starting from the comparison between the situation of Augustan poets and that of artists and intellectuals in the totalitarian regimes of our time, this book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the problem of the relation of art, thought and power.

Preliminary Materials /I. De Gennaro and H.-Chr. Günther -- Chapter One. Introduction /H.-C. Günther -- Chapter Two. Josef Liegle (1893-1945) /A. Kerkhecker -- Chapter Three. Heidegger And Politics /F. Fédier -- Chapter Four. Sartre Und Die Macht /W. Biemel -- Chapter Five. "Lektüre" Als Machtrelevante Wahrnehmungsanalyse Bei Simone Weil /R. Kühn -- Chapter Six. Philosophers In Japan In The Period Of World War II—Reflecting The Philosophy Of Nishida Against The Background Of Social Phenomena /Hisaki Hashi -- Chapter Seven. Mao Und Die Intellektuellen /Harro Von Senger -- Chapter Eight. Hans Pfitzner – Ein Genie Und Sein Verhältnis Zur Gesellschaft /J. P. Vogel -- Chapter Nine. Abstract Musical Works As Objects Of Political Interest? The Example Of Schönberg's Op. 11,1 /H. Eiholzer -- Chapter Ten. La Poesia Politica Degli Augustei /P. Fedeli -- Chapter Eleven. Political Analysis In Horace'S Roman Odes /T. Reinhardt -- Chapter Twelve. Stalin, Putin And The Poets /D. Rayfield -- Chapter Thirteen. Nationale Dichtung Im 20. Jh.: Der Griechische Dichter Und Politiker Giorgos Seferis /H.-C. Günther -- Notes On Contributors /I. De Gennaro and H.-Chr. Günther -- Index /I. De Gennaro and H.-Chr. Günther.

A much discussed question in classical studies is the comparison between the situation of poets in Augustan Rome and that of artists and intellectuals in the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. As instructive as this question proves to be for an understanding of the relation between the freedom of art and thinking on the one hand and power on the other, it also reveals the insufficiency of our present grasp of this crucial articulation of our humanity. This volume offers a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to the problem, complementing the historical perspective with a rega