Transformations of the New Germany (Studies in European Culture and History)

Much Has Been Made Of The Federal Republic Of Germany's Stubborn Disunity More Than A Decade After Unification. This Collection Demonstrates At Once The Persistence Of The Initial Anxieties About The New Germany And Its Rapid Absorption Of The Former German Democratic Republic, And Suggests As Well A Potential Optimism, That Despite Much Contemporary Domestic Disenchantment, The New Germany Continues To Thrive As A European Democracy Endeavoring To Confront Its Past And Embrace Its Transformed And Increasingly Diverse Culture. Transformations Of The New Germany Proceeds Historically From Unification To The Present Tracing A Series Of Case Studies From Several Of Unified Germany's Highly Contested Debates. Foreword: Interdisciplinarity Or Cultural Studies / Russell A. Berman -- Introduction / Ruth A. Starkman -- Part I. Intellectuals And German History -- Intellectuals, The Third Way, And German Unification / Brett R. Wheeler -- The Rebirth Of Tragedy: Syberberg, Strauss, And German Identity / Stephen Brockmann -- Fear And Loathing After 9/11: German Intellectuals And The America-debate / Klaus R. Scherpe -- Are The Towers Still Standing? September 11 And The Resurrection Of The Literary Intellectual / Alison Lewis -- Part Ii. Material Culture East And West -- Born In The Bakschischrepuglick: Anthems Of The Late Gdr / Patricia Anne Simpson -- Spies, Shell Games, And Bananas: Everyday Symbols And Metaphors In The Process Of Cultural Integration Of East And West Germany / Gottfried Korff -- Club Cola And Co.: Ostalgie, Material Culture And Identity / Martin Blum -- Part Iii. Germany And Its Minorities -- Aussiedler And Ausländer: Transforming German National Identity / Nora Räthzel -- Germany's Coming Out: Citizenship And Immigration Reform Since Unification / Hermann Kurthen -- (re)constructing Community In Berlin: Turks, Jews, And German Responsibility / Jonathan Lawrence -- Perpetual Impossibility? Normalization Of German-jewish Relations In The Berlin Republic / Ruth A. Starkman. Edited By Ruth A. Starkman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Much has been made of the Federal Republic of Germany's stubborn disunity more than a decade after unification. This collection demonstrates at once the persistence of the initial anxieties about the new Germany and its rapid absorption of the former German Democratic Republic, and suggests as well a potential optimism, that despite much contemporary domestic disenchantment, the new Germany continues to thrive as a European democracy endeavouring to confront its past and embrace its transformed and diverse culture. Much has been made of the Federal Republic of Germany's stubborn disunity more than a decade after unification. This collection demonstrates at once the persistence of the initial anxieties about the new Germany and its rapid absorption of the former German Democratic Republic, and suggests as well a potential optimism, that despite much contemporary domestic disenchantment, the new Germany continues to thrive as a European democracy endeavoring to confront its past and embrace its transformed and increasingly diverse culture. Transformations of the New Germany proceeds historically from unification to the present tracing a series of case studies from several of unified Germany's highly contested debates This collection demonstrates the persistence of the initial anxieties about a united Germany and its rapid absorption of the German Democratic Republic, and also suggests a potential optimism that, despite much contemporary domestic disenchantment, the new Germany continues to thrive as a European democracy endeavouring to confront its past.