Béla Balázs: The Face of Cinema

October ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noël Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Bela Bartok ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Zoltan Kodaly ◽  
Karl Mannheim ◽  
Sergei Eisenstein ◽  
Michael Curtiz ◽  
The Face ◽  
Gyorgy Lukacs

Herbert Bauer, known to the world as Béla Balázs (1894–1949), led the sort of life about which contemporary intellectuals might fantasize. He knew everyone and he did everything. Born in Hungary, he included György Lukács, Karl Mannheim, Arnold Hauser, Béla Bartók, and Zoltán Kodály in his circle, among others. He knew the filmmakers Alexander Korda and Michael Curtiz before their names were Anglicized. He studied with Georg Simmel and met Max Weber. As time went on, he came, so it seems, to know virtually every major European intellectual—Stefan Zweig, Robert Musil, Walter Benjamin, Sergei Eisenstein, Erwin Piscator, and on and on. He lived in the midst of a universe of conversation that dazzles us as we look back enviously upon it.

Eros in the Metropolis: Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin

2000 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Downes
Keyword(s):  
Art Music ◽  
Folk Song ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Karl Mannheim ◽  
Cultural Renewal ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Function ◽  
Gyorgy Lukacs ◽  
Creative Subject

Bartók's essay ‘The Relation of Folk Song to the Development of the Art Music of our Time’, published in 1921, was written as he was working on the score of The Miraculous Mandarin. Three main issues in the essay, the question of origin, the position of the creative subject with relation to ‘Nature’ and ‘Culture’, and the character of the music of Stravinsky and Schoenberg, are given fresh contexts by the musical work's emphasis on the character and function of differing types of eroticism. The possibility of cultural renewal based on the recovery of erotic self-expression in the face of the oppressive, objective conditions of the modern metropolis emerges as a central concern. This links Bartók's work to that of the Sunday Circle group of intellectuals, including Karl Mannheim, György Lukács and Béla Balázs, who sought an affirmative alternative to Georg Simmel's pessimistic view of the ‘tragedy of modern culture’.

Weimar Sociology

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kettler ◽  
Colin Loader
Keyword(s):  
Max Weber ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Karl Mannheim ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the status of the fledgling but burgeoning field of sociology from the waning days of the Kaiserreich through the last moments of the Republic. Two intellectual giants who did not live very long into the Republic's founding, Max Weber and Georg Simmel, set the agenda for the study of society in Weimar. The chapter suggests that it was the early demise of Weber and Simmel that permitted their heirs, most prominently Karl Mannheim, to render their writings canonical and to pursue the questions of modernity, rationalization, capitalism and the relationship of ideas and ideology to those phenomena with something like a common language—if not a language that facilitated intellectual consensus on any of these themes.

Was ist "echte" ungarische Volksmusik?

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Bálint Sárosi
Keyword(s):  
Bela Bartok ◽  
Zoltan Kodaly

Schon Béla Bartók und Zoltán Kodály haben versucht, das ungarische Volk musikalisch zu "erziehen", indem sie dem Volk nur besonders ausgewählte Lieder darboten. Doch dieser Versuch blieb, wie auch spätere, erfolglos, da das Volk die Volkslieder nur zur Entspannung und Unterhaltung gebraucht. Dies findet es insbesondere in der Zigeunermusik, die auch echte ungarische Volksmusik ist. Ungarische Volksmusik kennt man seit langer Zeit überall auf der Welt durch die Zigeunermusik, die ihre Ursprünge in Ungarn im 15. Jahrhundert hat. bms online (Mano Eßwein)  

scholarly journals Rio de imagens: cultura midiática na Belle Époque

2020 ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
Carmem Lúcia Negreiros de Figueiredo Souza
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Belle Epoque ◽  
Friedrich Kittler ◽  
Belle Époque

No Rio de Janeiro das primeiras décadas do século XX, tecnologias e novas funções econômicas e simbólicas das imagens e produtos assinalam o nascimento da cultura midiática com intenso fluxo de informação tipográfica e visual. As crônicas literárias registram novos modos de ver e narrar a cidade, a partir do diálogo com as imagens que alteram a estrutura da percepção dos sujeitos. Tomando por referência as crônicas de João do Rio, Olavo Bilac, Benjamin Costallat e Lima Barreto, o artigo analisa o impacto do cinema, da imprensa e da vitrine na produção de novas sociabilidades e sensibilidades no espaço urbano. Para a abordagem sobre o que se convencionou chamar Belle Époque consideramos como baliza temporal o período de 1890-1920 e serão utilizados, na reflexão, conceitos de Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Kittler, Georg Simmel, Jonathan Crary e Jean-Yves Mollier.

scholarly journals Juridische Soziologien

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Schweitzer
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Problematic Relationship ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 19Th Century

Why did the subject of law play a central role in sociology as it emerged? And why is this no longer the case today? This study explains this transformation of the sociological interest in law by means of a genealogical investigation into the mutual references between the jurisprudence of private law and sociology: the way in which, from a legal perspective starting in the 19th century, law has been addressed as a social phenomenon in the face of concrete problems is reflected in the early sociologies of Émile Durkheim, Ferdinand Tönnies and Max Weber. This has led to a mutual demarcation, which places law and sociology in a problematic relationship to each other for the future.

scholarly journals Kontekstualisasi Al-Qur’an Dan Pancasila Melalui Penguatan Muslim HUB Sebagai Pola Alternatif Dalam Menghadapi Industri 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akrom Adabi ◽  
Neny Muthi'atul Awwaliyah
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Spirit Of Capitalism ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Holy Book

AbstractThe Qur’an, which has the status of a Muslim holy book, is experiencing "alienation" because it is considered unable to make practical contributions to various new challenges that arise. Al-Qur’an and Pancasila, which are the two important handles of Indonesian Muslims, are expected to not only keep up with the times. More than that, the al-Qur’an and Pancasila must really be able to fill the void and give an active role through its values, to bring the progress of Indonesia with a distinctive personality in the face of the Industrial 4.0 era. This paper tries to review the strengthening of Muslim Hub as a strategy in dealing with Industry 4.0 through contextualization of the values of the Koran and Pancasila. This study uses Max Weber's theory of Protestant ethics. In a book entitled The Protestant Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism, Weber has done a thorough analysis of the relationship between capitalism and religion. AbstrakAl-Qur’an dan Pancasila harus betul-betul mampu mengisi kekosongan dan memberi peran aktif melalui nilai-nilainya, untuk membawa kemajuan Indonesia dengan kepribadian yang khas dalam menghadapi era Industri 4.0. Tulisan ini mencoba mengulas seputar penguatan muslim hub sebagai strategi dalam menghadapi Industri 4.0 melalui kontekstualisasi nilai al-Qur’an dan Pancasila. Dalam penelitian ini ada dua bukti empiris yang pertama order monastic, dimana orang saleh ternyata juga memiliki prestasi yang gemilang dari sisi material. Kedua sekte protestan yang memiliki prestasi yang gemilang dalam fase awal munculnya kapitalisme modern. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori Max Weber tentang etika Protestan. Dalam buku yang berjudul The Protestan Ethics and Spirit of Capitalism, Weber telah melakukan analisa yang mendalam mengenai relasi kapitalisme dan keagamaan yang menunjukkan betapa agama memiliki pengaruh kuat dalam pembentukan karakter pemeluknya. Jika ditarik ke kajian yang lebih luas, maka ideologi memiliki peran kuat dalam mempengaruhi perilaku pengikutnya, baik ideologi keagamaan maupun ideologi kenegaraan. Kata Kunci: Kontekstualisasi, Al-Qur’an, Pancasila, Industri 4.0.

scholarly journals O tema da morte trágica de Liev Tolstói e seu impacto em Max Weber e György Lukács: sobre a autonomia nas ciências e na arte * Leo Tolstoy´s tragic death and his impacts on Max Weber and György Lukács: on autonomy of arts and science

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
LUIS FELIPE DE SALLES ROSELINO
Keyword(s):  
Max Weber ◽  
Leo Tolstoy ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
World Theory ◽  
Gyorgy Lukacs

<p class="Normal1"><strong>Resumo: </strong>O tema da morte trágica, presente nos escritos de Liev Tolstói, auxiliou tanto a Max Weber como a György Lukács a caracterizarem o <em>pathos</em> moderno de pressentimento da morte como uma contemplação do vazio. Weber e Lukács encontraram, através das leituras de Tolstói, uma interessante maneira de questionar a autonomia da arte e da ciência moderna, considerando pela esfera estética, como se mostra sem sentido a recente realidade imanente. Ambos assumiram o tema central das obras de Tolstói segundo uma mesma imagem, derivada do contraste entre o mundo antigo e o moderno. Max Weber adequou esse tema a sua teoria do desencantamento do mundo e Lukács, de modo muito semelhante, seguindo seu conceito do paradoxo da necessidade religiosa.</p><p class="Normal1"><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>Tolstói – Weber – Lukács – Desencantamento – Necessidade Religiosa – <em>L’Art Pour l’Art.</em></p><p class="Normal1"> </p><p class="Normal1"><strong>Abstract: </strong>The tragic death in Tolstoy's writings has helped both Max Weber and György Lukács in characterizing the modern <em>pathos</em> as a tragic contemplation of the emptiness of life. Through Tolstoy's readings, Weber and Lukács found an interesting source of denying arts and modern sciences autonomy, considering, from the aesthetics sphere, the meaningless of this new immanent reality. Both has assumed Tolstoy main theme from the same perspective, contrasting ancient and modern worldviews. Max Weber presented this theme in his disenchantment of world theory and Lukács, in a very similar way, following the paradox of religious needing as a mainline.<strong></strong></p><p class="Normal1"><strong>Keywords: </strong>Tolstoy – Weber – Lukács – Disenchantment – Religious Needing – <em>L’Art Pour l’Art.</em><strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals Liberalizm a szanse pokoju na świecie. Refleksje Karla Jaspersa

2018 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Anna Citkowska-Kimla
Keyword(s):  
Max Weber ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
The Face ◽  
German Philosopher ◽  
Individual Existence ◽  
The One ◽  
Existential Dimension

The paper touches on the topic of optimism, allowing for a thesis of the peaceful coexistence of states to be proposed. This type of thinking was represented by the German philosopher and psychiatrist Karl Jaspers. Jaspers took the view that philosophy brings about political consequences that need to be observed and examined. He was influenced by Max Weber, from whom he adopted the idea of the salvation of Western heritage, embodied in the spirit of liberalism, freedom and diversity of private life. According to Jaspers, Germans should abandon their desire for military supremacy in favor of the dissemination of such universal ideas as freedom. In the interwar period Jaspers wrote a book about the spiritual situation of his times where he touched on the issue of the outcomes of technological progress for the existential dimension of man, who enjoys freedom on the one hand, and is responsible for himself on the other. He concluded by saying that in the face of such technical developments warfare poses a threat to biological survival and to freedom, since it destroys human self-responsibility. Jaspers noticed the problem of an individual being threatened by alienated social institutions, and as a consequence he proposed the thesis of the depersonalization of individual existence. The totalitarian system Jaspers had experienced encouraged him to revise the theoretical aspects and to develop a competitive, libertarian solution. Jaspers strongly emphasized individualism and the responsibility of individuals whose present influences the future. Jaspers’ ideas may be deemed to be remote from realism, since liberalism is a golden mean, neither preventing international wars nor appeasing political national arenas.

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