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A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from
ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over
2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of
memory throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of
Memory in the Long Twentieth Century explores memory in the ‘long
nineteenth century’. As with all the volumes in the illustrated
Cultural History of Memory set, this volume presents essays on
memory and: power and politics; time and space; media and
technology; science and education; philosophy, religion and
history, high culture and popular culture; rituals, faith,
practices and the everyday; and remembering and forgetting. A
Cultural History of Memory in the Long Twentieth Century is the
most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on memory
since 1900.
Since the unification of East and West Germany in 1990, many new factors have helped its people come to terms with the horrendous history of the 1930s and 40s. Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history. Facing the Nazi Past explores the developments and debates that were symptomatic of this shift towards a more open confrontation with the past, such as: * the image of resistance to Hitler in united Germany * changes at concentration camp memorial sites since 1990 * the commemoration of 8 May 1945 in 1995 * how the revelations in Goldhagen's startling book Hitler's Willing Executioners triggered new discussion * the plans for the construction of a Holocaust Memorial.
Since the unification of East and West Germany in 1990, many new factors have helped its people come to terms with the horrendous history of the 1930s and 40s. Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history. Facing the Nazi Past explores the developments and debates that were symptomatic of this shift towards a more open confrontation with the past, such as: * the image of resistance to Hitler in united Germany * changes at concentration camp memorial sites since 1990 * the commemoration of 8 May 1945 in 1995 * how the revelations in Goldhagen's startling book Hitler's Willing Executioners triggered new discussion * the plans for the construction of a Holocaust Memorial.
Contents: 1. The state of the nation; 2. The division of Germany; 3. The two German state: realities and images; 4. The intervening years: long-term factors in change; 5. The events of 1989/1990; 6. Unification?; 7. Coming to terms with the past; 8. Germany into the new millenium.
A concise introduction to the process which led to the division of Germany in 1949, and its unification in 1990. It also explores the economic, social and cultural divisions between and east and west, which still exist in post-unification Germany. Dividing and Uniting Germany covers all important aspects of the subject including: * the role of the allies in the post-war division of the country * the integration of West and East Germany into their respective blocs * the problems of integrating east and west after 1990 * Germany's Nazi and socialist past.
The collapse of the Iron Curtain, the renationalization of eastern
Europe, and the simultaneous eastward expansion of the European
Union have all impacted the way the past is remembered in today's
eastern Europe. At the same time, in recent years, the
Europeanization of Holocaust memory and a growing sense of the need
to stage a more "self-critical" memory has significantly changed
the way in which western Europe commemorates and memorializes the
past. The increasing dissatisfaction among scholars with the
blanket, undifferentiated use of the term "collective memory" is
evolving in new directions. This volume brings the tension into
focus while addressing the state of memory theory itself.
A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from
ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over
2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of
memory throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of
Memory in the Long Twentieth Century explores memory in the 'long
nineteenth century'. As with all the volumes in the illustrated
Cultural History of Memory set, this volume presents essays on
memory and: power and politics; time and space; media and
technology; science and education; philosophy, religion and
history, high culture and popular culture; rituals, faith,
practices and the everyday; and remembering and forgetting. A
Cultural History of Memory in the Long Twentieth Century is the
most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on memory
since 1900.
The collapse of the Iron Curtain, the renationalization of eastern
Europe, and the simultaneous eastward expansion of the European
Union have all impacted the way the past is remembered in today's
eastern Europe. At the same time, in recent years, the
Europeanization of Holocaust memory and a growing sense of the need
to stage a more "self-critical" memory has significantly changed
the way in which western Europe commemorates and memorializes the
past. The increasing dissatisfaction among scholars with the
blanket, undifferentiated use of the term "collective memory" is
evolving in new directions. This volume brings the tension into
focus while addressing the state of memory theory itself.
How objective are our history books? This addition to the Writing
History series examines the critical role that memory plays in the
writing of history. This book includes: - Essays from an
international team of historians, bringing together analysis of
forms of public history such as museums, exhibitions, memorials and
speeches - Coverage of the ancient world to the present, on topics
such as oral history and generational and collective memory - Two
key case studies on Holocaust memorialisation and the memory of
Communism
Christoph Hein is widely regarded as one of the most important
writers to emerge from the former GDR. This volume contains an
interview with Hein, a previously unpublished prose piece by him,
an up-to-date biography and critical articles which examine
individual texts in detail.
An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry A presence in Third Reich cinema, Adolf Hitler also personally financed, ordered, and censored films and newsreels and engaged in complex relationships with their stars and directors. Here, Bill Niven offers a powerful argument for reconsidering Hitler's fascination with film as a means to further the Nazi agenda. In this first English-language work to fully explore Hitler's influence on and relationship with film in Nazi Germany, the author calls on a broad array of archival sources. Arguing that Hitler was as central to the Nazi film industry as Goebbels, Niven also explores Hitler's representation in Third Reich cinema, personally and through films focusing on historical figures with whom he was associated, and how Hitler's vision for the medium went far beyond "straight propaganda." He aimed to raise documentary film to a powerful art form rivaling architecture in its ability to reach the masses.
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