Rohkramer, Thomas (2013) Images of 'the West' in German Cultural Criticism from the Nineteenth Century to 1933. In: German images of 'the west'. Berghahn Press, Oxford, n/a. ISBN n/a (In Press)
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Images about the Western nations played an important role in cultural criticism throughout the nineteenth century. This chapter argues, however, that the images of Britain, France and America remained quite distinct until 1914. It took the enmity of the First World War for a polarised dichotomy between Germany and a singular West to become a crucial topic. With the war the alleged ills of modern society came to be associated primarily with the West, while an idealised Germanness emerged as the hope for overcoming the dark side of modernity. With the continued tensions after 1918, this way of thinking continued: not only was the Versailles treaty blamed for the ills of society, but also the Republic as an 'un-German' political structure imposed by the West. Thus the supporters of the Weimar Republic als became associated with an allegedly un-German Western orientation while the Right rallied behind the call for a German re-awakening.
| Item Type: | Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > History |
| ID Code: | 54771 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 30 May 2012 16:07 |
| Refereed?: | No |
| Published?: | In Press |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2012 12:41 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/54771 |
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