The Happy Burden of History : : From Sovereign Impunity to Responsible Selfhood / / Andrew S. Bergerson, K. Scott Baker, Clancy Martin, Steve Ostovich.
Germans are often accused of failing to take responsibility for Nazi crimes, but what precisely should ordinary people do differently? Indeed, scholars have yet to outline viable alternatives for how any of us should respond to terror and genocide. And because of the way they compartmentalize everyd...
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Bergerson, Andrew S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Happy Burden of History : From Sovereign Impunity to Responsible Selfhood / Andrew S. Bergerson, K. Scott Baker, Clancy Martin, Steve Ostovich. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (247 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies , 1861-8030 ; 9 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- About this Book -- Myths -- Lies -- Non-Conformity -- Irony -- The Finish -- Bibliography restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Germans are often accused of failing to take responsibility for Nazi crimes, but what precisely should ordinary people do differently? Indeed, scholars have yet to outline viable alternatives for how any of us should respond to terror and genocide. And because of the way they compartmentalize everyday life, our discipline-bound analyses often disguise more than they illuminate. Written by a historian, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian, The Happy Burden of History takes an integrative approach to the problem of responsible selfhood. Exploring the lives and letters of ordinary and intellectual Germans who faced the ethical challenges of the Third Reich, it focuses on five typical tools for cultivating the modern self: myths, lies, non-conformity, irony, and modeling. The authors carefully dissect the ways in which ordinary and intellectual Germans excused their violent claims to mastery with a sense of ‘sovereign impunity.’ They then recuperate the same strategies of selfhood for our contemporary world, but in ways that are self-critical and humble. The book shows how viewing this problem from within everyday life can empower and encourage us to bear the burden of historical responsibility - and be happy doing so. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Nationalsozialismus. Verantwortung. Vergangenheitsbewältigung. HISTORY / Europe / Germany. bisacsh Coming to Terms with the Past. National Socialism. Responsibility. Baker, K. Scott, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Martin, Clancy, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ostovich, Steve, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 9783110238570 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA History 2000 - 2014 9783110635836 ZDB-23-GHI Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2010 9783110233544 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2010 9783110233551 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 2010 9783110233568 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2010 9783110233605 ZDB-23-DGA print 9783110246360 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110246377 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110246377 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110246377/original |
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