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German Anti-Americanism by Dan Diner, Allison Brown and Sandy Gilman (1995, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiener Publishers, Incorporated, Markus
ISBN-101558761047
ISBN-139781558761049
eBay Product ID (ePID)295048
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameGerman Anti-Americanism
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
SubjectInternational Relations / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorDan Diner, Allison Brown, Sandy Gilman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-011523
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal973
SynopsisThe author presents a short history of a rather complex idea that began around the year 1800. Though the United States was often viewed by the people of Germany as a land of opportunity, a portion of the intelligentsia, with which this book is principally concerned, tended to see the U.S. as the home of greedy hypocrites estranged from and envious of all higher culture. From the beginning of the Romantic period and throughout all the turnings of German history to the end of the Cold War, this theme was embellished differently in each era, but its essence remained remarkably unchanged. Diner has written a popularization of the subject for the nonprofessional reader, but the book is also valuable for presenting ideas that are not usually part of the political and cultural discourse concerning the U.S. The ideas are sometimes made murky by the translator, who unfortunately has retained too much of the phrasing and style of the original German, but the author's outlook remains accessible. It is of particular interest now that the former Iron Curtain countries have begun looking to Germany rather than to the U.S. as the model upon which to rebuild their societies., In this essay, German-Israeli historian Dan Diner argues that the European consciousness uses America as a metaphor for the dark sides of modernism. He finds an especially aggressive variant of this negative judgement in Germany, the roots of which he traces back to the Romantic period.
LC Classification NumberE183.8.G3D5513 1996
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