Benjamin Ziemann

Gebundenes Buch

Encounters with Modernity

The Catholic Church in West Germany, 1945-1975

Beschreibung

First book-length study that charts the Catholic Church in West Germany and its pastoral practice during the first three decades of the post-war period. Major reconsideration and historical reflection of the case in favour of secularization theory. New approach to 20th century German social history through the analysis of functional differentiation. A study that highlights the ambivalences of modernization in post-war Germany.

Autor

Benjamin Ziemann is Professor of Modern German History at the University of Sheffield. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Contested Commemorations. Republican War Veterans and Weimar Political Culture (Cambridge, 2013), War Experiences in Rural Germany, 1914-1923 (Oxford, 2007), and, as co-editor, Reading Primary Sources (London, 2008). He has held Visiting Fellowships at the University of York, Humboldt University Berlin and at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9781782383444
• ISBN-10: 1782383441
• Artikelnr.: 41773024