LEADER 04027cam a2200505 i 4500001 262972 005 20240621231954.0 008 130425t20142014wiua b s001 0beng 010 2013015053 019 871636109879209612 020 9780299296346 |q(paperback ; |qalkaline paper) 020 0299296342 |q(paperback ; |qalkaline paper) 020 |z9780299296339 |q(e-book) 035 (OCoLC)ocn842307477 035 262972 037 |bUniv of Wisconsin Pr, 1120 Rte 22 East, Bridgewater, NJ, USA, 08807 |nSAN 099999P 0008 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 WU/DLC |beng |erda |cGZM |dDLC |dPUL |dOCLCO |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dBDX |dTLE |dCDX |dTKN |dDEBBG |dHF9 |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dNLGGC |dFIE |dCNUTO |dUEJ |dSFR |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dGZM |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO 050 00 D15.M668 |bP55 2014 100 1 Plessini, Karel, |eauthor. 245 14 The perils of normalcy : |bGeorge L. Mosse and the remaking of cultural history / |cKarel Plessini. 264 1 Madison, Wisconsin : |bThe University of Wisconsin Press, |c[2014] 264 4 |c©2014 300 x, 284 pages : |billustration ; |c23 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-266) and index. 505 0 Introduction: The serpent and the dove -- From machiavellism, to totalitarianism -- Beyond the history of intellectuals -- The roots of the anthropolocial and visual turn -- The dark side of modernity -- From michiavellism to the holocause -- The missing link: the nationalis revolution -- The "true mission of Judaism" -- The granitic foundation of faith -- Conclusion: George L Mosse's legacy. 520 A taboo-breaker and a great provocateur, George L. Mosse (1918-99) was one of the great historians of the twentieth century, forging a new historiography of culture that included brilliant insights about the roles of nationalism, fascism, racism, and sexuality. Jewish, gay, and a member of a culturally elite family in Germany, Mosse came of age as the Nazis came to power, before escaping as a teenager to England and America. Mosse was innovative and interdisciplinary as a scholar, and he shattered in his groundbreaking books prevalent assumptions about the nature of National Socialism and the Holocaust. He audaciously drew a link from bourgeois respectability and the ideology of the Enlightenment -- the very core of modern Western civilization -- to the extermination of the European Jews. In this intellectual biography of George Mosse, Karel Plessini draws on all of Mosse's published and unpublished work to illuminate the origins and development of his groundbreaking methods of historical analysis and the close link between his life and work. He redefined the understanding of modern mass society and politics, masterfully revealing the powerful influence of conformity and political liturgies on twentieth-century history. Mosse warned against the dangers inherent in acquiescence, showing how identity creation and ideological fervor can climax in intolerance and mass murder -- a message of continuing relevance. -- Back cover. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Mosse, George L. |q(George Lachmann), |d1918-1999. 650 0 Historians |zUnited States |vBiography. 600 17 Mosse, George L. |q(George Lachmann), |d1918-1999. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01773530 650 7 Historians. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00957686 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 600 17 Mosse, George L. |d1918-1999. |2gnd |0(DE-588)119113449 650 7 Kulturgeschichte |gFach. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4125671-2 655 7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 830 0 George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history. 852 0 |bstacks |hD15.M668 |iP55 2014