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Intellectuals and the Nation: Collective Identity in a German Axial Age
Hardback
Main Details
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Intellectuals and the Nation: Collective Identity in a German Axial Age
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Bernhard Giesen
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Translated by Nicholas Levis
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Translated by Amos Weisz
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| Series | Cambridge Cultural Social Studies |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:258 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521621618
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| Classifications | Dewey:306.0943 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
6 August 1998 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book proposes a theory of collective and national identity based on culture and language rather than power and politics. Applying this to what he calls Germany's 'axial age', Bernhard Giesen shows how the codes of nineteenth-century German identity in turn became those of the divided Germany between 1945 and 1989. The identity he describes derives from the ideas of German intellectuals, from the uprooted Romantic poets to the influential German mandarins. Carried by the emerging bourgeoisie, it was constructed on the tensions between power and spirit, money and culture, and the sacred and profane.
Reviews"This impressive monograph by one of the most reowned German sociologists" Canadian Jrnl of His...The book is much more stimulating than this summary may suggest." Wolfgang E.J. Weber
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