Intellectual Migration And Cultural Transformation: Refugees From National Socialism In The English-speaking World (veröffentlichungen Des Instituts Wiener Kreis)

The volume presents a unique cross-section of contemporary research in the broad field of migration and exile studies. Its particular focus is on the manner in which ideas, methodologies, scholarship and innovation, developed in German-speaking Europe, were transferred to Britain and the USA after 1933. The transformative effect of this exodus of talent upon the host cultures, and the corresponding impact of the host cultures upon the refugees, helped produce the groundbreaking work of German-speaking refugees in diverse areas. The essays include surveys of the contributions of exiles to academic disciplines and to art and design, and fresh examinations of the work of prominent refugees like Wittgenstein, as well as less well known figures such as Nina Rubinstein and Gaby Schreiber. Introduction 1. Some Issues in Intellectual Method and Approach 2. The Role of Refugee Help Organizations in the Placement of German and Austrian Scholars Abroad 3. Mapping The Trade Routes of the Mind: The Warburg Institute. 4. The Significance of Austrian Émigré Art Historians for English Art Scholarship 5. Refugee and Émigré Architects in Britain, 1933-39 6. Designs for the Future: Gaby Schreiber as an Exponent of Bauhaus Principles in Britain 7. Franz Borkenau, Sebastian Haffner and George Orwell: Depoliticisation and Cultural Exchange 8. Siegfried Kracauer’s Extraterritorial Critique 9. From Berlin to Hollywood: German-Speaking Refugees in the American Film Industry 10. The ‘Wiener Kreis’ in Great Britain: Emigration and Interaction in the Philosophy of Science 11. The Persistence of Austrian Motifs in Wittgenstein’s Later Writings 12. Self-Knowledge and Sociology: Nina Rubinstein’s Studies in Exile 13. Gender and Migration: A Feminist Approach to German-Jewish Women Refugees and their Texts 14. New Approaches to Child Psychology: From Red Vienna to the Hampstead Nursery 15. Forced Migration or Scientific Change after 1933: Steps Towards a New Overview The Authors Edward Timms, Jon Hughes (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References.