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German angst : fear and democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany / Frank Biess.
Series: Emotions in history: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191782602 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Germany (West) -- History | Collective memory -- Germany (West)Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198714187DDC classification: 943.087 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: While fear and anxiety have historically been associated with authoritarian regimes, Frank Biess demonstrates the ambivalent role of these emotions in the democratization of West Germany, where fears and anxieties about the country's catastrophic past and uncertain future both undermined democracy and stabilized the emerging Federal Republic.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While fear and anxiety have historically been associated with authoritarian regimes, Frank Biess demonstrates the ambivalent role of these emotions in the democratization of West Germany, where fears and anxieties about the country's catastrophic past and uncertain future both undermined democracy and stabilized the emerging Federal Republic.
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