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- Dictatorship as Experience
- Publication Name
- Dictatorship As Experience : Towards a Socio-Cultural History of the Gdr
- Title
- Dictatorship as Experience
- Subtitle
- Towards a Socio-Cultural History of the GDR
- Contributor
- Konrad H. Jarausch (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1571811826
- EAN
- 9781571811820
- ISBN
- 9781571811820
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Genre
- Law & Politics
- Topic
- History
- Release Date
- 01/10/1999
- Release Year
- 1999
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 216mm
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 16.4 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 402 Pages
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A decade after the collapse of communism, this volumepresents a historical reflection on the perplexing natureof the East German dictatorship. In contrast to mostpolitical rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle groundbetween totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressivefeatures of the SED-regime, and apologetics of thesocialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of dailylives. The book transcends the polarization of publicdebate by stressing the tensions and contradictionswithin the East German system that combined both aspectsby using dictatorial means to achieve its emancipatoryaims. By analyzing a range of political, social,cultural, and chronological topics, the contributorssketch a differentiated picture of the GDR whichemphasizes both its repressive and its welfare features.The sixteen original essays, especially written for thisvolume by historians from both east and west Germany,represent the cutting edge of current research andsuggest new theoretical perspectives. They explorepolitical, social, and cultural mechanisms of control aswell as analyze their limits and discuss the mixture ofdynamism and stagnation that was typical of the GDR.
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Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1571811826
ISBN-13
9781571811820
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102889712
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Dictatorship As Experience : Towards a Socio-Cultural History of the Gdr
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
402 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dd283 .D54 1999
Reviews
"The essays presented display a realm of vibrant historical inquiry. Many of the chapters significantly expand our understanding of the complexity of GDR society." Central European History "This is certainly the best single volume on the social and cultural history of the GDR in English, and indeed ranks highly among works in German as well." German Politics "What emerges from this collection is a picture of a complex society that was neither fully modern nor fully totalitarian ... The dense book provides an illuminating discussion of the difficulties inherent in characterizing the GDR and, in so doing, points the reader in directions that might prove more fruitful." German Studies Review "The contributions represent sound research, employing use of new archival sources, interviews and oral history, as well as rich secondary literature ... The volume merits high marks for its theoretical and empirical import." The Historian, "The essays presented display a realm of vibrant historical inquiry. Many of the chapters significantly expand our understanding of the complexity of GDR society." · Central European History "This is certainly the best single volume on the social and cultural history of the GDR in English, and indeed ranks highly among works in German as well." · German Politics "What emerges from this collection is a picture of a complex society that was neither fully modern nor fully totalitarian ... The dense book provides an illuminating discussion of the difficulties inherent in characterizing the GDR and, in so doing, points the reader in directions that might prove more fruitful." · German Studies Review "The contributions represent sound research, employing use of new archival sources, interviews and oral history, as well as rich secondary literature ... The volume merits high marks for its theoretical and empirical import." · The Historian, "The essays presented display a realm of vibrant historical inquiry. Many of the chapters significantly expand our understanding of the complexity of GDR society." Central European History "This is certainly the best single volume on the social and cultural history of the GDR in English, and indeed ranks highly among works in German as well." German Politics "What emerges from this collection is a picture of a complex society that was neither fully modern nor fully totalitarian ... The dense book provides an illuminating discussion of the difficulties inherent in characterizing the GDR and, in so doing, points the reader in directions that might prove more fruitful." German Studies Review "The contributions represent sound research, employing use of new archival sources, interviews and oral history, as well as rich secondary literature ... The volume merits high marks for its theoretical and empirical import." The Historian
Table of Content
Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Beyond Uniformity: The Challenge of Historicizing the GDR Konrad H. Jarausch PART I: THE THEORETICAL PROBLEM OF DICTATORSHIP Chapter 1. The GDR: A Special Kind of Modern Dictatorship Jürgen Kocka Chapter 2. Modernization and Modernization Blockages in GDR Society Detlef Pollack Chapter 3. Care and Coercion: The GDR as Welfare Dictatorship Konrad H. Jarausch PART II: MECHANISMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION Chapter 4. From Dismantling to Currency Reform: External Origins of the Dictatorship, 1943-1948 Jochen Laufer Chapter 5. Foreign Influences on the Dictatorial Development of the GDR, 1949-1955 Michael Lemke Chapter 6. Repression and Tolerance as Methods of Rule in Communist Societies Mario Keßler and Thomas Klein PART III: MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL Chapter 7. Creating State Socialist Governance: The Case of the Deutsche Volkspolizei Thomas Lindenberger Chapter 8. Food Supply in a Planned Economy: SED Nutrition Policy between Crisis Response and Popular Needs Burghard Ciesla and Patrice G. Poutrus Chapter 9. The Myth of Female Emancipation: Contradictions in Women's Lives Leonore Ansorg and Renate Hürtgen Chapter 10. The Socialist Glass Ceiling: Limits to Female Careers Dagmar Langenhan and Sabine Roß PART IV: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF DOMINATION Chapter 11. Dictatorship as Discourse: Cultural Perspectives on SED Legitimacy Martin Sabrow Chapter 12. The Fettered Media: Controlling Public Debate Simone Barck, Christoph Classen and Thomas Heimann Chapter 13. Criticism and Censorship: Negotiating Cabaret Performance and Book Production Sylvia Klötzer and Siegfried Lokatis Chapter 14. The Pivotal Cadres: Leadership Styles and Self-Images of GDR-Elites Arnd Bauerkämper and Jürgen Danyel PART V: TEMPORAL TRANSFORMATIONS Chapter 15. Stagnation or Change? Transformations of the Workplace in the GDR Peter Hübner Chapter 16. The Hitler Youth Generation in the GDR: Insecurities, Ambitions and Dilemmas Dorothee Wierling Chapter 17. Reforming Socialism? The Changing of the Guard from Ulbricht to Honecker during the 1960s Monika Kaiser Chapter 18. Mobility and Blockage during the 1970s Ralph Jessen PART VI: POSTSCRIPT Chapter 19. Rethinking the Second German Dictatorship Christoph Kleßmann Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Europe / Germany, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Modern / 20th Century, General
Lccn
99-035667
Dewey Decimal
943/.1087
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
History, Political Science
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