Nazi Germany and the American Germanists: A Study of Periodicals, 1930-1946: 2 (Literature and the Sciences of Man) - Hardcover

Lauwers-Rech, Magda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820416568 ISBN 13: 9780820416564

Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1995

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-Her book represents a valuable resource for understanding our profession's history and is a good starting point for those who wish to delve into it more deeply.- (Gisela R. Hoecherl-Alden, Monatshefte)
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This study discusses the reaction of American Germanists to Nazism and World War II as expressed in academic journals between 1930 and 1946. The collective response was defensive and feeble. The professional organizations and the editors of Germanistic journals abstained from comment on the political situation in Germany. Yet, numerous individuals - although a minority - expressed their political opinions. Some praised Nazi Germany, but more exposed its evils. As to literature, Germanists denounced blatant nationalism and anti-Semitism, but they were slow to perceive the connection between philosophical one-sidedness and NS perversions. Overall, despite some outspoken defenders of Nazi Germany, the majority of Germanists did not display Nazi sympathies. Rather, their weakness was ignoring political realities and a lack of opposition. The opportunity to maintain in the U.S. an independence denied in the -heartlands- of "Germanistik" was missed."

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• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0820416568
• ISBN 13: 9780820416564
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 222