In the house of the hangman : the agonies of German defeat, 1943-1949 / Jeffrey K. Olick.

Publication | Library Call Number: DD256.48 .O55 2005

Physical Description: xiv, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The victors
Defining defeat
Culture and character
Woe to the vanquished?
Indictment
Nurembergs of the common man?
The vanquished
Other Germanies?
The meanings of German history
The psychology of guilt
The new political theology
The politics of the past?
The philosophy of guilt
The recalcitrance of shame.
ISBN: 0226626385
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-360) and index.

The victors -- Defining defeat -- Culture and character -- Woe to the vanquished? -- Indictment -- Nurembergs of the common man? -- The vanquished -- Other Germanies? -- The meanings of German history -- The psychology of guilt -- The new political theology -- The politics of the past? -- The philosophy of guilt -- The recalcitrance of shame.
Subjects: Public history--Germany--Psychological aspects.
Nationalism--Germany--Psychological aspects.
Germany--History--1933-1945--Historiography.
Germany--History--1945-1955--Historiography.
Memory--Social aspects.
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