German Angst

German Angst PDF Author: Frank Biess
Publisher: Emotions in History
ISBN: 0198714181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Book Description
While fear and anxiety have historically been associated with authoritarian regimes, Frank Biess demonstrates the ambivalent role of these emotions in the democratization of West Germany, where fears and anxieties about the country's catastrophic past and uncertain future both undermined democracy and stabilized the emerging Federal Republic.