The Weimar Republic has received more attention in academic research and popular culture than almost any other period in German history. Nevertheless, its prevailing historical image remains surprisingly simplistic: it is often seen as an era of accelerated cultural progress on the one hand and extreme political unrest, social upheaval and economic crisis on the other, a view epitomized in the ubiquitous image of the ¿dance on the volcano¿. The authors gathered in this volume aim to move the discussion beyond this limited dichotomy. Their essays cover a wide range, from Weimar¿s legal framework to musical theatre, each challenging hitherto accepted views in its respective field. Despite their thematic range and differences in approach, the contributions are united by the common theme of contingency. They posit the idea of Weimar¿s historical ¿openness¿, reflected in the period¿s pluralism, as a counter-narrative to the image of the first German democracy as a moribund mixture of modernist glitter and socio-economic doom.
Produktkennzeichnungen
Herausgeber
Geoff Wilkes, Jochen Hung, Godela Weiss-Sussex
ISBN-10
386205084x
ISBN-13
9783862050840
eBay Product ID (ePID)
165149077
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
211 Seiten
Verlag
Iudicium, Iudicium Verlag
Publikationsname
Beyond Glitter And Doom
Autor
Geoff Wilkes, Jochen Hung, Godela Weiss-Sussex
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Item Length
21cm
Item Height
1cm
Item Width
15cm
Item Weight
290g
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