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The Happy Burden of History

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The Happy Burden of History

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Germans are often accused of failing to take responsibility for Nazi crimes, but what precisely should ordinary people do differently? Indeed, scholars have yet to outline viable alternatives for how any of us should respond to terror and genocide. And because of the way they compartmentalize everyday life, our discipline-bound analyses often disguise more than they illuminate. Written by a historian, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian, The Happy Burden of History takes an integrative approach to the problem of responsible selfhood. Exploring the lives and letters of ordinary and intellectual Germans who faced the ethical challenges of the Third Reich, it focuses on five typical tools for cultivating the modern self: myths, lies, non-conformity, irony, and modeling. The authors carefully dissect the ways in which ordinary and intellectual Germans excused their violent claims to mastery with a sense of 'sovereign impunity.' They then recuperate the same strategies of selfhood for our contemporary world, but in ways that are self-critical and humble. The book shows how viewing this problem from within everyday life can empower and encourage us to bear the burden of historical responsibility ¿ and be happy doing so.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
264
Release Date:
2016-06-02
Publication Date:
2016-06-20
Publisher:
De Gruyter
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3110485974
ISBN13:
9783110485974
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
397 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
230 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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