Germany and the West: The History of a Modern Concept - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785335049 ISBN 13 : 9781785335044

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2017

Synopsis

"The West" is a central idea in German public discourse, yet historians know surprisingly little about the evolution of the concept. Contrary to common assumptions, this volume argues that the German concept of the West was not born in the twentieth century, but can be traced from a much earlier time. In the nineteenth century, "the West" became associated with notions of progress, liberty, civilization, and modernity. It signified the future through the opposition to antonyms such as "Russia" and "the East," and was deployed as a tool for forging German identities. Examining the shifting meanings, political uses, and transnational circulations of the idea of "the West" sheds new light on German intellectual history from the post-Napoleonic era to the Cold War.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Riccardo Bavaj is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. His publications include Der Nationalsozialismus: Entstehung, Aufstieg und Herrschaft (2016) and "'The West': A Conceptual Exploration" in European History Online (2011).

Martina Steber is a Research Fellow at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin. Her publications include Ethnische Gewissheiten: Die Ordnung des Regionalen im bayerischen Schwaben vom Kaiserreich bis zum NS-Regime (2010) and Visions of Community in Nazi Germany: Social Engineering and Private Lives, edited with Bernhard Gotto (2014).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785335049
• ISBN 13: 9781785335044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Bavaj Riccardo, Steber Martina
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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