{"product_id":"the-salaried-masses-duty-and-distraction-in-weimar-germany-1859841872","title":"The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1859841872\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kracauer, Siegfried\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1930, Siegfried Kracauers work was greeted with great acclaim and soon attained the status of a classic. The object of his inquiry was the new class of salaried employees who populated the cities of Weimar Germany.Spiritually homeless, divorced from all custom and tradition, these white-collar workers sought refuge in entertainment-or the distraction industries, as Kracauer put it-but, only three years later, were to flee into the arms of Adolf Hitler. Eschewing the instruments of traditional sociological scholarship, but without collapsing into mere journalistic reportage, Kracauer explores the contradictions of this caste. Drawing on conversations, newspapers, adverts and personal correspondence, he charts the bland horror of the everyday. In the process he succeeds in writing not just a prescient account of the declining days of the Weimar Republic, but also a path-breaking exercise in the sociology of culture which has sharp relevance for today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51907832512800,"sku":"NEW1859841872","price":23.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61VG_dNWftL.jpg?v=1782252413","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-salaried-masses-duty-and-distraction-in-weimar-germany-1859841872","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}