Vanitas und Gesellschaft / / edited by Claudia Benthien, Antje Schmidt, Christian Wobbeler.

• TeilnehmendeR: Benthien, Claudia,; Schmidt, Antje,; Wobbeler, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston ;, Berlin : : De Gruyter,, 2021.; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Idioma: German
• Descrición Física: 1 online resource (308 pages)

This interdisciplinary volume delves into the significance of the early modern vanitas motif in the present day. In the arts, pop culture, and social discourses, it is utilized to make cultural-critical diagnoses. Reflections about the mortality of human life, about decadence and conceit, or the fut...