Andreas Agocs (California University of the Pacific)

Antifascist Humanism and the Politics of Cultural Renewal in Germany

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of German traditions of cultural renewal from their origins in antifascist activism in German exile communities in Europe and Latin America during World War II to their failure during the emerging Cold War in occupied Germany and the early German Democratic Republic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781107085435
• ISBN-10: 1107085438
• Artikelnr.: 47722327

Autorenporträt

Andreas Agocs is currently visiting Assistant Professor at the University of the Pacific, California, where he teaches modern German and European History. His research area is the cultural and political history of Germany and Central Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: antifascist humanism and the dual legacies of Weimar; Part I.
Defending the 'Other Germany': 1. The humanist front: antifascism and
culture wars, 1934-9; 2. 'Otra Alemanias': antifascist humanism in the
diasporam, 1939-44; 3. The 'other Germany' from below: antifascist
committees and national renewal in 1945; Part II. Contesting 'Other
Germanies': 4. Antifascism as renewal and restoration: the cultural League
for the democratic renewal of Germany, 1945-6; 5. Humanism with a socialist
face: Sovietization and 'ideological coordination' of the Kulturbund,
1946-7; 6. The limits of humanism: cultural renewal and the outbreak of the
Cold War, 1947-8; 7. Mass organization and memory: antifascist humanism in
divided Germany, 1948 and beyond; Conclusion: from the Saar to Salamis.