1. HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014 Lecture Twelve: Berlin and Vienna as Cultural Capitols

3. The German Idea of Bildung What Was Bildung? “Kultur” and “Zivilisation” Decentralization of German Culture before Unification

4. Connections Between High Culture and Popular Culture Tapping the Germanic Traditions -- The Brothers Grimm Richard Wagner and the Transformation of Opera Expanding Audiences for Culture

5. Berlin and Vienna Emerge as World Cities Population Growth and Economic Diversification Jewish Life in Urban Centers Urban Planning as Cultural Expression

6. Intellectual Avant-Garde at the End of the Nineteenth Century The Emergence of the Social Sciences -- Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Werner Sombart The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud and Psychology

7. Modernism Paris as Template German Architecture -- Jugendstil The Vienna Secession -- Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka The Berlin Secession -- Käthe Kollwitz Expressionism in Theater and Literature -- Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening