LEADER 02359cam a2200397 i 4500001 293698 005 20240624132645.0 008 240410s2023 ctua b 001 0deng 010 2023938731 020 9780300259247 |q(hardback) 020 9780300275032 |q(ebook) 035 (DLC) 2023938731 035 (DLC)293698 042 pcc 043 e-gw--- 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC 050 00 DD258.3 |b.K384 2023 100 1 Kater, Michael H., |d1937- |eauthor. 245 10 After the Nazis : |bthe story of culture in West Germany / |cMichael H Kater. 246 30 Story of culture in West Germany 264 1 New Haven : |bYale University Press, |c[2023] 264 4 |c©2023 300 xvii, 517 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-489) and index. 520 "After World War II a mood of despair and impotence pervaded the arts in West Germany. The culture and institutions of the Third Reich were abruptly dismissed, yet there was no immediate return to the Weimar period's progressive ideals. In this moment of cultural stasis, how could West Germany's artists free themselves from their experiences of Nazism? Moving from 1945 to reunification, Michael H. Kater explores West German culture as it emerged from the darkness of the Third Reich. Examining periods of denial and complacency as well as attempts to reckon with the past, he shows how all postwar culture was touched by the vestiges of National Socialism. From the literature of Günter Grass to the happenings of Joseph Beuys and Karlheinz Stockhausen's innovations in electronic music, Kater shows how it was only through the reinvigoration of the cultural scene that West Germany could contend with its past - and eventually allow democracy to reemerge"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024 599 Shelved at 79-1-3 651 0 Germany (West) |xCivilization. 651 0 Germany (West) |xIntellectual life. 650 0 Arts, German |zGermany (West) |y20th century. 650 0 National socialism and art. 651 0 Germany (West) |xCultural policy. 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 79-1-3