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dc.contributor.authorLinden, Ari
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-18T19:07:09Z
dc.date.available2018-06-18T19:07:09Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationLinden, Ari. "Quoting the Language of Nature in Karl Kraus's Satires." The Journal of Austrian Studies 46.1 (Spring 2013): 1-21.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/26530
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on the less "punitive" (Walter Benjamin) dimension of Karl Kraus's notorious practice of quotation: namely, his invocation of nature in its multitude of forms and functions. Rather than advocating a return to a prelapsarian state of nature, as was often the case with his contemporaries, Kraus attempts to endow nature with a de-humanized, non-subjective voice. In so doing, he is able to mount a nuanced critique of the anthropocentrism that resulted in war and unbridled capitalist exploitation. Addressing both Kraus's critique of the press—which destroys natural resources without yielding a product commensurate to the bounty provided by nature in its initial iteration—as well as of sentimental poetry (represented by Heine), this article further shows that Kraus does not reject the technological and cultural advancements that have accompanied modernity—only their employment toward destructive ends.en_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Nebraska Pressen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2013 Austrian Studies Associationen_US
dc.titleQuoting the Language of Nature in Karl Kraus's Satiresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorLinden, Ari
kusw.kudepartmentGermanic Languages and Literaturesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/oas.2013.0015en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscripten_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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