The search for normality : national identity and historical consciousness in Germany since 1800.

The search for normality : national identity and historical consciousness in Germany since 1800.

The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1990 and analyzes the most recent trends in German historiography. Reunification,...

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Main Author: Berger, Stefan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 1997.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Conservatism > Germany > History > 19th century.
Conservatism > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Germany.
Political culture > Germany.
HISTORY > Civilization.
HISTORY > Essays.
HISTORY > Reference.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Nationalism > Germany > History.
Germany > History.
Germany > Historiography.
Conservatism
Historiography
Nationalism
Political culture
Nationalbewusstsein
Geschichtsschreibung
Nationalismus
Aufsatzsammlung
Konservativismus
Nationale identiteit.
Historisch besef.
Geschiedschrijving.
Germany
Deutschland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Chapter 1: Historiography and Nation-Building: Some Preliminary Remarks; Part I: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany 1800-1989; Chapter 2: The National Tradition in German Historiography, 1800-1960; Chapter 3: The Impact of Fritz Fischer; Chapter 4: Decades of Postnationalism?: German Historiography from the 1960s to the 1980s; Part II: The Search for Normality After 1990; Chapter 5: Imperial Germany and the Sonderweg Revisited; Chapter 6: Germany's Darkest Years Revisited.
  • Chapter 7: 'The Second German Dictatorship'Chapter 8: The Old Federal Republic as the New Sonderweg; Chapter 9: The National Revival in German Historiography; Chapter 10: The Reactions of British and American Historians to Changes in German Historiography after Reunification; Chapter 11: Conclusion; Biographical Appendix; Select Bibliography; Index.

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