Papers from the Conference 'The Fragile Tradition', Cambridge 2002: German literature, history and the nationP. Lang, 2004 - Europe, German-speaking |
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... idea of the nation as a political community . While this has the obvious merit of approaching the problem from a less ideological perspective , it tends to underestimate the ambivalence of national ideas , which mainly results from the ...
... idea of the nation as a political community . While this has the obvious merit of approaching the problem from a less ideological perspective , it tends to underestimate the ambivalence of national ideas , which mainly results from the ...
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... Ideas on their own are not enough , and through the character of Erich's mentor , Clodwig , the novel explores the limits of the German classical and Enlightenment heritage that failed to translate ideas into social and political ...
... Ideas on their own are not enough , and through the character of Erich's mentor , Clodwig , the novel explores the limits of the German classical and Enlightenment heritage that failed to translate ideas into social and political ...
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... idea , the idea of national reconciliation and the democratic people's state . His person they could kill , but not the idea . [ ... ] Wirth and the men at his side will not be deterred by this murderous act . They know that they are ...
... idea , the idea of national reconciliation and the democratic people's state . His person they could kill , but not the idea . [ ... ] Wirth and the men at his side will not be deterred by this murderous act . They know that they are ...
Contents
List of illustrations | 8 |
Simon Ward | 13 |
Imagined Communities | 15 |
Copyright | |
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