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Representing the "Good German" in Literature and Culture after 1945

Altruism and Moral Ambiguity
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Essays analyzing postwar literary, cultural, and historical representations of "good Germans" during the Second World War and the Nazi period. In the aftermath of the Second World War, both the allied occupying powers and the nascent German authorities sought Germans whose record during the war and the Nazi period could serve as a counterpoint to the notion of Germans asevil. That search has never really stopped. In the past few years, we have witnessed a burgeoning of cultural representations of this "other" kind of Third Reich citizen - the "good German" - as opposed to the committed Nazi or genocidal maniac. Such representations have highlighted individuals' choices in favor of dissenting behavior, moral truth, or at the very least civil disobedience. The "good German's" counterhegemonic practice cannot negate or contradict the barbaric reality of Hitler's Germany, but reflects a value system based on humanity and an "other" ideal community. This volume of new essays explores postwar and recent representations of "good Germans" during the Third Reich, analyzing the logic of moral behavior, cultural and moral relativism, and social conformity found in them. It thus draws together discussions of the function and reception of "Good Germans" in Germany and abroad. Contributors: Eoin Bourke, Manuel Bragança, Maeve Cooke, Kevin De Ornellas, Sabine Egger, Joachim Fischer, Coman Hamilton, Jon Hughes, Karina von Lindeiner-Strásky, Alexandra Ludewig, Pól O Dochartaigh, Christiane Schönfeld, Matthias Uecker. Pól O Dochartaigh is Professor of German and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Christiane Schönfeld is Senior Lecturer in German and Head of the Department of German Studies at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.
Release date Australia
April 1st, 2013
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Contributions by Alexandra Ludewig
  • Contributions by Christiane Schönfeld
  • Contributions by Coman Hamilton
  • Contributions by Eoin Bourke
  • Contributions by Joachim Fischer
  • Contributions by Jon Hughes
  • Contributions by Karina von Lindeiner-Strasky
  • Contributions by Kevin De Ornellas
  • Edited by Christiane Schonfeld
  • Edited by Pol O Dochartaigh
Illustrations
13 b/w illus.
Pages
274
Dimensions
153x234x22
ISBN-13
9781571134981
Product ID
20890655

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