Intellectuals and the Nation: Collective Identity in a German Axial Age (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

Giesen, Bernhard

ISBN 10: 0521621615 / ISBN 13: 9780521621618

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Text is unmarked; pages are bright. There is a black marker remainder mark on the bottom edge of the pages. Binding is sturdy. Covers are lightly shelf rubbed and the back cover is unevenly faded. No dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intellectuals and the Nation: Collective Identity in a German Axial Age (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521621615
• ISBN 13: 9780521621618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This book proposes a theory of collective and national identity based on culture and language rather than power and politics. Applying this to what he calls Germany's "axial age," Bernhard Giesen shows how the codes of nineteenth-century German identity in turn became those of the divided Germany between 1945 and 1989. The identity he describes derives from the ideas of German intellectuals, from the uprooted romantic poets to the influential German mandarins, and was borne by the newly emerging bourgeoisie.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German