Vienna 1900 Revisited: Paradigms and Problems

Abstract

The pleasure and honor attached to delivering the Kann Lecture is only outweighed by the responsibility of pursuing the high ideal of scholarship set by Professor Kann. Thus, to deliver the Kann Lecture is an especially daunting task if the challenge is to do justice to the multifarious developments in the field of Austrian cultural history since the appearance of his penetrating Study in Austrian Intellectual History . It will become clear in the course of my lecture that my praise of Kann is more than a pro forma courtesy. However, I should indicate at once that my concern is with his contribution—alas neglected—to the discussion of method in Austrian cultural studies.