0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War

Buy Now

Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism - A Comnaz Analysis (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,608
Discovery Miles 26 080
Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism - A Comnaz Analysis (Hardcover): Klas-Goeran Karlsson, Johan...

Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism - A Comnaz Analysis (Hardcover)

Klas-Goeran Karlsson, Johan Stenfeldt, Ulf Zander; Contributions by Nanci Adler, Johan Dietsch, John-Paul Himka, Klas-Goeran Karlsson, Maria Karlsson, Joern Rusen, Johan Stenfeldt

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,608 Discovery Miles 26 080 | Repayment Terms: R244 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

The collective work deals with the problems of if, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism should and could be situated within one coherent narrative. As historical phenomena, can Communism and Nazism fruitfully be compared to each other? Do they belong to the same historical contexts? Have they influenced, reacted to or learned from each other? Are they interpreted, represented and used together by posterity? The background of the book is twofold. One is external. There is an ongoing debate about the historical entanglements of Communism and Nazism, especially about Auschwitz and Gulag, respectively. Our present fascination with the evil history of genocide has situated the Holocaust as the borderline event in Western historical thinking. The crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Soviet Communist regime do not have the same position but are considered more urgent in the East and Central European states that were subdued by both Nazi and Communist regimes. The other, internal background is to develop an analytical perspective in which the "comnaz" nexus can be understood. Using a complex approach, the authors investigate Communist and Nazi histories as entangled phenomena, guided by three basic perspectives. Focusing on roots and developments, a genetic perspective highlights historical, process-oriented connections. A structural perspective indicates an attempt to narrow down "operational" parallels of the two political systems in the way they handled ideology to construct social utopia, used techniques of terror, etc. A third perspective is genealogical, emphasizing the processing and use of Communist and Nazi history by posterity in terms of meaning and memory: What past is worth remembering, celebrating, debating-but also distorting and forgetting? The chapters of the book address phenomena such as ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial.

General

Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2015
Editors: Klas-Goeran Karlsson • Johan Stenfeldt • Ulf Zander
Contributors: Nanci Adler • Johan Dietsch • John-Paul Himka • Klas-Goeran Karlsson • Maria Karlsson • Joern Rusen • Johan Stenfeldt
Dimensions: 235 x 162 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1870-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Promotions
LSN: 1-4985-1870-2
Barcode: 9781498518703

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

SAS: Rogue Heroes - The Authorized…
Ben MacIntyre Paperback  (1)
R313 R287 Discovery Miles 2 870
Little Bird Of Auschwitz - How My Mother…
Alina Peretti, Jacques Peretti Paperback R462 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210
Seven Votes - How WWII Changed South…
Richard Steyn Paperback  (1)
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680
In Enemy Hands - South Africa's POWs In…
Karen Horn Paperback  (1)
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530
The Splendid And The Vile - Churchill…
Erik Larson Paperback R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680
Tense Future - Modernism, Total War…
Paul K. Saint-Amour Hardcover R3,799 Discovery Miles 37 990
The Partisan Counter-Archive - Retracing…
Gal Kirn Hardcover R3,267 Discovery Miles 32 670
I was no. 20832 at Auschwitz
Eva Tichauer, Nicki Rensten, … Paperback R525 Discovery Miles 5 250
Germany and the Second World War…
Ralf Blank, Joerg Echternkamp, … Hardcover R13,408 Discovery Miles 134 080
The Nine - The True Story of a Band of…
Gwen Strauss Paperback R492 R459 Discovery Miles 4 590
Witness to History
Joachim Von Elbe Hardcover R761 Discovery Miles 7 610
World War II at Camp Hale - Blazing a…
David R Witte Paperback R658 R601 Discovery Miles 6 010

See more

Partners