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The Memory of the Habsburg Empire in German, Austrian, and Hungarian Right-Wing Historiography and Political Thinking, 1918-1941
Gergely Romsics
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 157 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1008.
By reproducing the political and historiographical debates surrounding the legacy of the Habsburg Empire, this book follows the transformation of historico-political thinking during the two world wars. This transformation began in Germany, where volkish streams of the Conservative Revolution offered a radical new interpretation of history. These reading focused on the unchanging essence of the Volk and treated a certain idea of the Habsburg past as inorganic, "derailing" history and conflicting with the true calling of the German people. The volkish movement and its historiography both inspired and challenged Austrian and Hungarian intellectuals, asking them to either adopt or resist ... Read more
By reproducing the political and historiographical debates surrounding the legacy of the Habsburg Empire, this book follows the transformation of historico-political thinking during the two world wars. This transformation began in Germany, where volkish streams of the Conservative Revolution offered a radical new interpretation of history. These reading focused on the unchanging essence of the Volk and treated a certain idea of the Habsburg past as inorganic, "derailing" history and conflicting with the true calling of the German people. The volkish movement and its historiography both inspired and challenged Austrian and Hungarian intellectuals, asking them to either adopt or resist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Number of Pages
550
Place of Publication
Bradenton, United States
ISBN
9780880336765
SKU
V9780880336765
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About Gergely Romsics
Gergely Romsics is a research fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.
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