In the wake of the Fischer Controversy on the origins of World War I there emerged in West Germany a younger generation of historians who took a critical 'revisionist' view of the Bismarckian Empire and began to analyze the political development of the Hohenzollern monarchy against the background of the country's social and economic power structures. Professor Wehler became one of the most prominent exponents of this approach and his structural analysis of the 'Kaiserreich' created a considerable stir when it was first published. It has since, with its incisive and rigorous analysis,...
In the wake of the Fischer Controversy on the origins of World War I there emerged in West Germany a younger generation of historians who took a cr...
In the wake of the Fischer Controversy on the origins of World War I there emerged in West Germany a younger generation of historians who took a critical 'revisionist' view of the Bismarckian Empire and began to analyze the political development of the Hohenzollern monarchy against the background of the country's social and economic power structures. Professor Wehler became one of the most prominent exponents of this approach and his structural analysis of the 'Kaiserreich' created a considerable stir when it was first published. It has since, with its incisive and rigorous analysis,...
In the wake of the Fischer Controversy on the origins of World War I there emerged in West Germany a younger generation of historians who took a cr...
Hans-Ulrich Wehlers Darstellung des Nationalsozialismus im Rahmen seiner "Deutschen Gesellschaftsgeschichte" hat bei ihrem Erscheinen großes Aufsehen erregt. Nirgendwo sonst ist das Konzept der charismatischen Führerherrschaft so konsequent ins Zentrum der Deutung gerückt worden.§Von großer Zustimmung bis zu vehementer Kritik reichte das Spektrum der Reaktionen auf Wehlers Interpretation, die - auf den ersten Blick durchaus überraschend - mit dem "Führer" Adolf Hitler in seine Gesellschaftsgeschichte eine Figur von schlechthin entscheidender Bedeutung für den Gang der Ereignisse...
Hans-Ulrich Wehlers Darstellung des Nationalsozialismus im Rahmen seiner "Deutschen Gesellschaftsgeschichte" hat bei ihrem Erscheinen großes Aufsehen...
