Arthur Schnitzler and Politics

by Adrian Clive Roberts

Austro-Hungarian Militarism Versus Pacifism 1880-1889. Schnitzler's Early Ideas on Patriotism and the Causes of War. Schnitzler's Experience in the Military. Bertha von Suttner and Liberal Opposition to Militarism. Absolutism and Civil Unrest. Schnitzler's Literary Experimentation 1890-1899. Schnitzler's Campaign Against the Militarist Institution of the Duel. Early Historical Revolution and Feudal Wars. Schnitzler's Rejection of Austrian Militarism and His Early Critique of 1900-1913. Viennese Society and the Austro-Hungarian Officer. On War and Heroism in the Historical Dramas. :Die Hirtenfloete": The Conflict of Reason and Emotion. The First World War and the "Weltruin": 1914-1919. Schnitzler's Troubled Reaction to the Outbreak of the War. Schnitzler;s Relations with the European Peace Movements and Independent Pacifists. The Myth of "Die grosse Zeit" and Schnitzler's Rejection of War in "Und einmal wird der Friede wiederkommen..." The War "Kriegsgeschichte" and "Der Oberstabsarzt." Social Criticism and a Return to the Duel as a Dramatic Theme. Politics and Schnitzler's "Schweigen." Postwar Reflections and a Look into the 1920-1931. The Myth of "Die versunkene Welt" Schnitzler's Analysis of the Causes of the First World War. A Return to the Historical Diplomacy, Absolutism, and "Phantasielosigkeit." War and the Later "Boxeraufstand," "Abenteuernovelle," and "Der Landsknecht." Conclusion.

214 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1989