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Germany and 'The West' - The History of a Modern Concept (Hardcover): Riccardo Bavaj, Martina Steber Germany and 'The West' - The History of a Modern Concept (Hardcover)
Riccardo Bavaj, Martina Steber
R3,086 Discovery Miles 30 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"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.

Germany and 'The West' - The History of a Modern Concept (Paperback): Riccardo Bavaj, Martina Steber Germany and 'The West' - The History of a Modern Concept (Paperback)
Riccardo Bavaj, Martina Steber
R913 Discovery Miles 9 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"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.

The Guardians of Concepts - Political Languages of Conservatism in Britain and West Germany, 1945-1980 (Hardcover): Martina... The Guardians of Concepts - Political Languages of Conservatism in Britain and West Germany, 1945-1980 (Hardcover)
Martina Steber
R4,079 Discovery Miles 40 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

National and transnational debates in Britain and Germany surrounding the meaning of the word "conservative" continue to have far-reaching political consequences. After 1945, even while the term was an accepted part of the political vocabulary of Great Britain, in the Federal Republic of Germany their young democracy was conflicted due to anti-democratic instability. The Guardians of Concepts analyzes the historical changes in the political languages of conservatism in the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany between 1945 and the early 1980s which plagued intellectuals, politicians, and entire parties. As one of the most difficult concepts in both the political and historiographical vocabulary of the German language, conservatism's analysis takes a linguistically focused path through comprehensive and transnational connection of intellectual history with the history of politics, which are subjects that are otherwise commonly addressed separately from each other.

Visions of Community in Nazi Germany - Social Engineering and Private Lives (Paperback): Martina Steber, Bernhard Gotto Visions of Community in Nazi Germany - Social Engineering and Private Lives (Paperback)
Martina Steber, Bernhard Gotto
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the Fuumlhrer, Adolf Hitler. The concept of Volksgemeinschaft - 'the people's community' - enshrined the Nazis' vision of society'; a society based on racist, social-Darwinist, anti-democratic, and nationalist thought. The regime used Volksgemeinschaft to define who belonged to the National Socialist 'community' and who did not. Being accorded the status of belonging granted citizenship rights, access to the benefits of the welfare state, and opportunities for advancement, while these who were denied the privilege of belonging lost their right to live. They were shamed, excluded, imprisoned, murdered. Volksgemeinschaft was the Nazis' project of social engineering, realized by state action, by administrative procedure, by party practice, by propaganda, and by individual initiative. Everyone deemed worthy of belonging was called to participate in its realization. Indeed, this collective notion was directed at the individual, and unleashed an enormous dynamism, which gave social change a particular direction. The Volksgemeinschaft concept was not strictly defined, which meant that it was rather marked by a plurality of meaning and emphasis which resulted in a range of readings in the Third Reich, drawing in people from many social and political backgrounds. Visions of Community in Nazi Germany scrutinizes Volksgemeinschaft as the Nazis' central vision of community. The contributors engage with individual appropriations, examine projects of social engineering, analyze the social dynamism unleashed, and show how deeply private lives were affected by this murderous vision of society.

Zivilisatorische Verortungen - Der Westen an Der Jahrhundertwende (1880-1930) (German, Paperback): Riccardo Bavaj, Martina... Zivilisatorische Verortungen - Der Westen an Der Jahrhundertwende (1880-1930) (German, Paperback)
Riccardo Bavaj, Martina Steber
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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