Jan Palmowski (King's College London)

Inventing a Socialist Nation

Heimat and the Politics of Everyday Life in the Gdr, 1945 90

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Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how 'national' identity was invented in the German Democratic Republic and how citizens engaged with it, exposing the reasons why individuals found it hard to identify with the GDR and explaining how an apparently stable society fell apart with such ease when the revolution came.

Produktdetails

• New Studies in European History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781107690424
• ISBN-10: 1107690420
• Artikelnr.: 39344033

Autorenporträt

Jan Palmowski is Professor of Modern History and European Studies and Head of the School of Arts and Humanities at King's College London. His previous publications include Liberalism and the City: The Case of Frankfurt Am Main, 1866-1914 (1999) and Citizenship and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Germany (as editor, with Geoff Eley, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Part I. Socialism, Heimat, and the Construction of Identity: 2. Cultural renewal and national division, 1945-c.1958
3. Trace of stones
Part II. Public and Private Transcripts: 4. Heimat and identity in the Honecker era
5. Citizenship and participation in the local community - 'Join In!'
6. Environmental destruction
Part III. Power, Practices and Meanings: 7. Social drama and the euphemization of power
8. Cultural practices, Eigen-Sinn, and obfuscated meanings
Conclusion: from citizens to revolutionaries.