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German Angst: Fear and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany (Emotions in History)
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Based on case studies from the 1940s to the present, German Angst provides a new interpretive synthesis of the Federal Republic. It tells the history of the Federal Republic as a series of cyclical crises in which specific fears and anxieties emerged, served a variety of political functions, and then again abated. Drawing on recent interdisciplinary insights generated by the field of emotion studies, Biess's study transcends the dichotomy of 'reason' and 'emotion'. Fear and anxiety were not exclusively irrational and dysfunctional, but served important roles in postwar democracy. These emotions sensitized postwar Germans to the dangers of an authoritarian transformation, and they also served as emotional engines of new social movements, including the environmental and peace movements. German Angst also provides an original analysis of the emotional basis of right-wing populism in Germany today, and it explores the possibilities of a democratic politics of emotion.
- ISBN-100198714181
- ISBN-13978-0198714187
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication dateNovember 9, 2020
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inches
- Print length428 pages
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Frank Biess is Professor of History at the University of California-San Diego. He started his academic career at the Universities of Marburg and Tübingen in Germany. He earned two M.A. degrees at Washington University in St. Louis, and he received his PhD from Brown University in 2000. He has published extensively on the history of 20th-century Germany, with a focus on the post-1945 period. He is currently working on a set of projects relating to the global history of the interwar Weimar Republic.
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- Publisher : Oxford University Press (November 9, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 428 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0198714181
- ISBN-13 : 978-0198714187
- Item Weight : 1.54 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,413,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9,982 in European History (Books)
- #16,432 in German History (Books)
- #55,950 in Historical Study (Books)
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