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The GDR Remembered
Competing representations of the former East German state in the German cultural memory.
Inside Party Headquarters
Everyday life in the East German Socialist Unity Party revolved heavily around maintaining the “party line” in all areas of society, whether through direct authority or corruption. Spanning a long period of the GDR’s history, from 1946 through 1989, Rüdiger Bergien presents the first study that examines the complexities of the central party’s communist apparatus. He focuses on their role as ideological watchdogs, as they fostered an underbelly and “inner life” for their employees to integrate the party’s pillars throughout East German society. Inside Party Headquarters reviews not only the party’s modes power and state interaction, but also the processes of negotiation and disputation preceding formal Politburo decisions, advancing the available detail and discourse surrounding this formative and volatile stretch of German history.
Legacies of Stalingrad
Christina Morina's book examines the history of the Eastern Front war and its impact on German politics and society throughout the postwar period. She argues that the memory of the Eastern Front war was one of the most crucial and contested themes in each part of the divided Germany. Although the Holocaust gained the most prominent position in West German memory, official memory in East Germany centered on the war against the USSR. The book analyzes the ways in which these memories emerged in postwar German political culture during and after the Cold War, and how views of these events played a role in contemporary political debates. The analysis pays close attention to the biographies of the protagonists both during the war and after, drawing distinctions between the accepted, public memory of events and individual encounters with the war.
After the Berlin Wall
A revelatory history of the commemoration of the Berlin Wall and its significance in defining contemporary German national identity.
The Long Détente
This book presents pieces of evidence, which – taken together – lead to an argument that goes against the grain of the established Cold War narrative. The argument is that a “long détente” existed between East and West from the 1950s to the 1980s, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, national security, societal) reasons, and that it had a profound impact on the outcome of the conflict between East and West and the quintessentially peaceful framework in which this “endgame” was played. New, Euro-centered narratives are offered, including both West and East European perspectives. These contributions point to critical inconsistencies and inherent problems in the traditional U.S. dominated narrative of the “Victory in the Cold War.” The argument of a “long détente” does not need to replace the ruling American narrative. Rather, it can and needs to be augmented with European experiences and perceptions. After all, it was Europe – its peoples, societies, and states – that stood both at the ideological and military frontline of the conflict between East and West, and it was here that the struggle between liberalism and communism was eventually decided.
Inscription and Rebellion
Employs research on the GDR's healthcare system along with feminist and queer theory to get at socialism's legacy, revealing a specifically East German literary convention: employment of symptomatic female bodies to either enforce or rebel against political and social norms.
Higher Education: A Worldwide Inventory of Centers and Programs
The field of higher education studies has expanded dramatically in recent years. This book provides a unique and comprehensive guide, including an inventory of 199 centers, programs, and institutes in the field, a essay analyzing the emergence and current status of higher education as an area of study, and a listing of 191 journals focusing on higher education. Together, these three resources constitute the more comprehensive overview of the field available anywhere. Philip G. Altbach’s essay ‘Research and training in higher education’ discusses the origins of the field, the central issues of concern in the research literature, and trends among centers and institutes focusing on higher education worldwide. The inventory, which constitutes most of the book, provides information on the centers and programs, including the names of staff members, focus of work, and relevant addresses and websites. The expansion in the number of journals in the field is illustrated in the journals listing, which provides information about editors, substantive focus, and addresses of journals throughout the world. This book is a unique resources and a benchmark for an emerging field.
Werkstatt Einheit
„20 Jahre Deutsche Einheit“ – was bedeutet das für jene, die die Teilung gar nicht erlebt haben? Was denkt die Post-Mauer-Generation über Ost und West, Einheit und Teilung? Spielen diese in ihrem Leben eine Rolle und wenn ja, welche? Die Deutsche Gesellschaft e.V. hat Studierende aus allen Bundesländern dazu eingeladen, in der „Werkstatt Einheit“ darüber zu diskutieren. Wie viel Einheit brauchen wir? Gibt es ein gemeinsames Nationalbewusstsein von Ost und West? Ist die Einheit ein verbindender Mythos oder ein reales Ziel? Diese und andere Fragen standen zur Debatte. Die Antworten darauf gibt es hier.
Westeigentum in der DDR
Die Gründung der DDR zerriss nicht nur zahllose Familien, in hunderttausenden Fällen trennte sie auch Grundstücke auf unabsehbare Zeit von ihren Eigentümern. Insbesondere das Vermögen von Republikflüchtlingen, Ausreisenden, BRD-Bürgern und Ausländern befand sich für die Eigentümer durch die deutsche Teilung unerreichbar jenseits des "Eisernen Vorhangs". In der DDR wurde dieses Westeigentum Gegenstand einer streng geheimen staatlichen Enteignungsmaschinerie. Unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit wurden unzählige Vermögenswerte westlicher Eigentümer systematisch erfasst, überschuldet und anschließend in Volkseigentum überführt. Auf der Grundlage umfangreicher Archivbestände schil...
