Antifascist humanism and the politics of cultural renewal in Germany

✍ Scribed by Agocs, Andreas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 220
Edition: First paperback edition
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: antifascist humanism and the dual legacies of Weimar
Part I. Defending the 'Other Germany': 1. The humanist front: antifascism and culture wars, 1934-9
2. 'Otra Alemanias': antifascist humanism in the diasporam, 1939-44
3. The 'other Germany' from below: antifascist committees and national renewal in 1945
Part II. Contesting 'Other Germanies': 4. Antifascism as renewal and restoration: the cultural League for the democratic renewal of Germany, 1945-6
5. Humanism with a socialist face: Sovietization and 'ideological coordination' of the Kulturbund, 1946-7
6. The limits of humanism: cultural renewal and the outbreak of the Cold War, 1947-8
7. Mass organization and memory: antifascist humanism in divided Germany, 1948 and beyond
Conclusion: from the Saar to Salamis.

✦ Subjects

Antifaschismus;Exil;Geistesleben;Geschichte;HISTORY / Europe / General / bisacsh;Kulturarbeit;Nationalismus;Nationalsozialismus;Politik;Deutschland;Europa;Lateinamerika

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