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Germany and ´The West´: The History of a Modern Concept
Riccardo Bavaj (Ed.)
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Description for Germany and ´The West´: The History of a Modern Concept
Paperback. In the nineteenth century "the West" became associated with notions of progress, liberty, civilization, and modernity. 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. Editor(s): Bavaj, Riccardo; Steber, Martina. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335044
SKU
V9781785335044
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About Riccardo Bavaj (Ed.)
Riccardo Bavaj is a Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of St Andrews. From 2009 to 2012 he was a Feodor Lynen Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His publications include 'The West': A Conceptual Exploration in European History Online (2011) and Die Ambivalenz der Moderne im Nationalsozialismus (2003). Martina Steber is ... Read more
Reviews for Germany and ´The West´: The History of a Modern Concept
The admirable chronological breadth of the collection draws discussion of Germany's perceived relationship with the West away from the momentous year of 1914... The complexities sampled here of Western identity formation and exceptionality in Germany... present a compelling invitation to a new research field.
German History
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