Transformations of the New Germany

ISBN-13: 9781349530380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 254 str.

Ruth A. Starkman; R. Starkman

Opis

This book examines the cultural transformations of the Federal Republic of Germany in its second decade since unification.

Spis treści

Forward; R.A.Berman Introduction; R.A.Starkman INTELLECTUALS AND GERMAN HISTORY Intellectuals, the 'Third Way', and German Unification; B.R.Wheeler The Rebirth of Tragedy, History, and German Identity; S.Brockmann Fear and Loathing after 9/11: German Intellectuals and the American-Debate; K.Scherpe 'Are the Towers Still Standing?': The Fall and Rise of the Literary Intellectual; A.Lewis MATERIAL CULTURE EAST AND WEST GDR Music: 'Revolution' to 'Reunification'; P.Simpson Spies, Shell Games, and Bananas: Everyday Symbols and Metaphors in the Process of Cultural Integration of East and West Germany; G.Korff East German Visual Culture: Beyond Ostalgie; M.Blum GERMANY AND ITS MINORITIES Aussiedler and Auslander: Transforming German National Identity; N.Raethzel Immigration and Citizenship in 'Berlin Republic' 1990-2002; H.Kurthen (Re)constructing Community in Berlin: Turks, Jews, and German Responsibility; J.Laurence Perpetual Impossibility?: Normalization of German-Jewish Relations in the Berlin Republic; R.A.Starkman

O autorze

RUTH A. STARKMAN teaches political and social philosophy and ethics at the University of San Francisco. She lives in Mill Valley, USA.