جستجوی نرمالیته: هویت ملی و آگاهی تاریخی در آلمان از ۱۸۰۰

Ch. 1. Historiography and Nation-Building: Some Preliminary Remarks -- pt. I. National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany 1800-1989. Ch. 2. The National Tradition in German Historiography, 1800-1960. Ch. 3. The Impact of Fritz Fischer -- Ch. 4. Decades of Postnationalism? -- German Historiography from the 1960s to the 1980s. pt. II. The Search for Normality after 1990. Ch. 5. Imperial Germany and the Sonderweg Revisited -- Ch. 6. Germany's Darkest Years Revisited -- Ch. 7. 'The Second German Dictatorship'. Ch. 8. The Old Federal Republic as the New Sonderweg -- Ch. 9. The National Revival in German Historiography -- Ch. 10. Reactions of British and American Historians to Changes in German Historiography after Reunification -- Ch. 11. Conclusion.;Review: "The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1989/90 and analyses the most recent trends in German historiography. Reunification, he observes, has brought in its wake efforts on the extreme Right to re-establish a nationalist historiography. Even among the liberal-conservative mainstream of German historiography, an urgent search for the "normality" of the nation-state has begun. Nor have the critical historians been unaffected by this. As a result, so the author fears, the contested definition of national identity might strengthen, in his eyes, the unwelcome predominance of the national perspective in historical research."--BOOK JACKET The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1990 and analyzes the most recent trends in German historiography. Reunification, he observes, has brought in its wake an urgent search for the "normality" of the nation state. For anyone interested in the development of the national master narrative in more recent German historiography, this book will provide an essential guide through the multitude of historical debates surrounding the nation state.
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Title Page 3 Table of Contents 7 Abbreviations 12 Foreword 13 Chapter 1: Historiography and Nation-Building: Some Preliminary Remarks 27 Part I: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany 1800-1989 45 Chapter 2: The National Tradition in German Historiography, 1800-1960 47 Chapter 3: The Impact of Fritz Fischer 82 Chapter 4: Decades of Postnationalism?: German Historiography from the 1960s to the 1980s 103 Part II: The Search for Normality After 1990 135 Chapter 5: Imperial Germany and the Sonderweg Revisited 137 Chapter 6: Germany's Darkest Years Revisited 150 Chapter 7: 'The Second German Dictatorship' 175 Chapter 8: The Old Federal Republic as the New Sonderweg 202 Chapter 9: The National Revival in German Historiography 224 Chapter 10: The Reactions of British and American Historians to Changes in German Historiography after Reunification 256 Chapter 11: Conclusion 277 Biographical Appendix 285 Select Bibliography 302 Index 324