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Title: The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germay by Siegfried Kracauer, Quintin Hoare, Inka Mulder-Bach ISBN: 1-85984-187-2 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Study by an Underrated Social Critic
Comment: Kracauer's "Salaried Masses", finally translated after seventy years, is a fascinating study of Weimar society, with a particular emphasis on the workforce and the dynamics between employers and workers. This analysis, along with his collection of essays entitled "The Mass Ornament", shows a side of Kracauer that surfaces only occasionally in his more popular works like "From Caligari to Hitler", a side that is highly critical of social institutions, especially those structured upon a fascist hierarchy. His discussion on the tactics employers use to train and pacify workers is outstanding (early secretaries were taught to type with the rhythm of music coming from a phonograph; the corporate "trainers" slowly increased the speed of the record until the women were typing with sufficient speed). The role of company-sponsored sports or recreational events (baseball, picnics, etc.) does not escape scrutiny and it's amazing how relevant much of this material is in today's corporate-dominated culture. It's a brief and highly-engrossing read that anyone interested in the functions of social institutions should enjoy.
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Title: Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Vol. 4, 1938-1940 by Walter Benjamin ISBN: 0674010760 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays by Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin ISBN: 067455163X Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Dragon Can't Dance by Earl Lovelace ISBN: 0892552727 Publisher: Persea Books Pub. Date: 16 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Theory of Film by Siegfried Kracauer ISBN: 0691037043 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 24 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West by Susan Buck-Morss ISBN: 0262523310 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 07 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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