Antifascist Humanism and the Politics of Cultural Renewal in Germany

List of contents

Introduction: antifascist humanism and the dual legacies of Weimar; Part I. Defending the 'Other Germany': 1. The humanist front: antifascism and culture wars, 1934-9; 2. 'Otra Alemanias': antifascist humanism in the diasporam, 1939-44; 3. The 'other Germany' from below: antifascist committees and national renewal in 1945; Part II. Contesting 'Other Germanies': 4. Antifascism as renewal and restoration: the cultural League for the democratic renewal of Germany, 1945-6; 5. Humanism with a socialist face: Sovietization and 'ideological coordination' of the Kulturbund, 1946-7; 6. The limits of humanism: cultural renewal and the outbreak of the Cold War, 1947-8; 7. Mass organization and memory: antifascist humanism in divided Germany, 1948 and beyond; Conclusion: from the Saar to Salamis.

About the author

Andreas Agocs is currently visiting Assistant Professor at the University of the Pacific, California, where he teaches modern German and European History. His research area is the cultural and political history of Germany and Central Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Summary

A study of German traditions of cultural renewal from their origins in antifascist activism in German exile communities in Europe and Latin America during World War II to their failure during the emerging Cold War in occupied Germany and the early German Democratic Republic.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Agocs, Andreas (University of the Pacific Agocs
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108707695
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70769-5
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Cultural Studies, European History, Germany, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Fascism & Nazism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)