This book examines the shifting identities and state loyalties of young people in East(ern) Germany during a unique period straddling the last decade of the GDR and the first decade of united Germany. It provides insight into the functioning of the GDR state, the process of German unification and the formation of national and regional identities.
This book examines the shifting identities and state loyalties of young people in East(ern) Germany during a unique period straddling the last decade of the GDR and the first decade of united Germany. It provides insight into the functioning of the GDR state, the process of German unification and the formation of national and regional identities.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anna Saunders is Lecturer in German at the University of Wales, Bangor
Inhaltsangabe
List of tables and graphs Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and terms Introduction: Honecker's Germany: a world of the past? 1 Eastern identity in the wake of the GDR 4 Frameworks: defining the GDR in the 1980s 9 Growing up under Honecker 14 Researching young behaviours 20 1. The parameters of patriotism 31 Nation and state 32 Germany: problematic patriotisms 36 The GDR's patriotic programme 41 Conclusion 57 2. Young people of the 1980s: a generation of loyal patriots? 66 The foundations of identity: historical consciousness 67 'Peace must be armed!': protecting the fatherland 76 'Educating hatred': young people and the 'imperialist' West 88 Proletarian internationalism: the politics of solidarity 101 Rooted in the present? Pride in the achievements of the GDR 112 Conclusion 127 3. October 1989 - October 1990: The rise and fall of a GDR identity 151 Reform and renewal: education and youth work during the Wende 155 Hope of a reformed socialism: 9 October - 9 November 1989 160 From socialism to scepticism: 9 November 1989 - 18 March 1990 164 The GDR becomes history: 18 March - 3 October 1990 176 Conclusion 181 4. Civic loyalties in the wake of unification 189 Societal change and education in the absence of the blue shirt 191 The double burden of overcoming the past: historical consciousness in united Germany 195 Military loyalties in the absence of the enemy 214 International allegiances in a new world order 224 United yet divided? Social, economic and political trends since the Wende 234 Conclusion 254 5. Conclusion: Death of the GDR: rebirth of an eastern identity? 278 Tables 297 Graphs 299 Bibliography 297
List of tables and graphs Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and terms Introduction: Honecker's Germany: a world of the past? 1 Eastern identity in the wake of the GDR 4 Frameworks: defining the GDR in the 1980s 9 Growing up under Honecker 14 Researching young behaviours 20 1. The parameters of patriotism 31 Nation and state 32 Germany: problematic patriotisms 36 The GDR's patriotic programme 41 Conclusion 57 2. Young people of the 1980s: a generation of loyal patriots? 66 The foundations of identity: historical consciousness 67 'Peace must be armed!': protecting the fatherland 76 'Educating hatred': young people and the 'imperialist' West 88 Proletarian internationalism: the politics of solidarity 101 Rooted in the present? Pride in the achievements of the GDR 112 Conclusion 127 3. October 1989 - October 1990: The rise and fall of a GDR identity 151 Reform and renewal: education and youth work during the Wende 155 Hope of a reformed socialism: 9 October - 9 November 1989 160 From socialism to scepticism: 9 November 1989 - 18 March 1990 164 The GDR becomes history: 18 March - 3 October 1990 176 Conclusion 181 4. Civic loyalties in the wake of unification 189 Societal change and education in the absence of the blue shirt 191 The double burden of overcoming the past: historical consciousness in united Germany 195 Military loyalties in the absence of the enemy 214 International allegiances in a new world order 224 United yet divided? Social, economic and political trends since the Wende 234 Conclusion 254 5. Conclusion: Death of the GDR: rebirth of an eastern identity? 278 Tables 297 Graphs 299 Bibliography 297
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