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Political Culture in Post Unification Germany: Institutional Unity -- Inner Disunity: Germany fifteen years after Unification - Couverture souple

Egetemeyr, Elisabeth

 
9783843366496: Political Culture in Post Unification Germany: Institutional Unity -- Inner Disunity: Germany fifteen years after Unification
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3843366497 ISBN 13 : 9783843366496
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Official government assessments and social science research studies refer to the concept of inner unity in post unification Germany; yet the concept remains undefined. This study looks at identity as theoretical approach to understand unity via concepts of collective self-understanding and self- definition. Analyzing East-West newspaper articles around historically significant dates which mark collective memories and articulate changing self- definitions demonstrate the conceptual link between inner unit and identity. Theorizing the historical, sociological and philosophical dimensions of collective identity has mainly be done by West German academics while East German writers are dominant in the realm of arts and letters as they conjecture the meaning and implications of post unification identity. After examining the learned community's analysis of Germany's collective state of mind, I concluded that ?inner unity? is a misleading term, but ?inner disunity?, understood as societal disorientation regarding identity, is evident both in the media as well as in the public discourse of the country's intellectuals.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Official government assessments and social science research studies refer to the concept of inner unity in post unification Germany; yet the concept remains undefined. This study looks at identity as theoretical approach to understand unity via concepts of collective self-understanding and self- definition. Analyzing East-West newspaper articles around historically significant dates which mark collective memories and articulate changing self- definitions demonstrate the conceptual link between inner unit and identity. Theorizing the historical, sociological and philosophical dimensions of collective identity has mainly be done by West German academics while East German writers are dominant in the realm of arts and letters as they conjecture the meaning and implications of post unification identity. After examining the learned community's analysis of Germany's collective state of mind, I concluded that ?inner unity? is a misleading term, but ?inner disunity?, understood as societal disorientation regarding identity, is evident both in the media as well as in the public discourse of the country's intellectuals.

Biographie de l'auteur

Elisabeth Egetemeyr taught Ethics in Germany. She holds a MA in Public Policy, a MA in Education Administration and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany. Elisabeth was an Adjunct Lecturer for five years and currently works for the New York State Education Department as Research Specialist.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3843366497
ISBN 13 
9783843366496
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Broché
Nombre de pages
332
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