Author: Publisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 2749520096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 2749520096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The East German Church and the End of Communism
Author: John P. BurgessPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195354958
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This book addresses the role of religion in the massive political changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989. In particular, it examines the role played by the East German church in that country's bloodless revolution. Although some scholars and political commentators have noted that the East German church provided a free space in which dissident groups could meet, they have neither described nor assessed the theology that guided the church's political involvement. Drawing on his own research in East Germany and relying primarily on sources published in East Germany itself, John Burgess demonstrates the roots of the church's theology in Barth, Bonhoeffer, and in the Barmen declaration, which in 1934 pronounced Christianity and Nazi ideology to be incompatible. He explores how the dissident groups drew on church symbols and language to develop a popular alternative theology, and finally shows how the theological tension between the church and the dissidents provided impulses for political democratization.
The GDR in the 1980s
Author: Ian WallacePublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9780947799038
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Schmidt's Jahrbuecher
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
The GDR in the 1980s
Author: Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Dictatorship as Experience
Author: Konrad Hugo JarauschPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571811820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A decade after the collapse of communism, this volume presents a historical reflection on the perplexing nature of the East German dictatorship. In contrast to most political rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle ground between totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressive features of the SED-regime, and apologetics of the socialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of daily lives. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by stressing the tensions and contradictions within the East German system that combined both aspects by using dictatorial means to achieve its emancipatory aims. By analyzing a range of political, social, cultural, and chronological topics, the contributors sketch a differentiated picture of the GDR which emphasizes both its repressive and its welfare features. The sixteen original essays, especially written for this volume by historians from both east and west Germany, represent the cutting edge of current research and suggest new theoretical perspectives. They explore political, social, and cultural mechanisms of control as well as analyze their limits and discuss the mixture of dynamism and stagnation that was typical of the GDR.
Europa im Ostblock
Author: José M. FaraldoPublisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar
ISBN: 9783412200299
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Ethnizität, Moderne und Enttraditionalisierung
Author: Publisher: Wallstein Verlag
ISBN: 3835321005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Max Ophüls
Author: Publisher: Wallstein Verlag
ISBN: 9783892445203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
GDR Development Policy in Africa
Author: Ulrich van der HeydenPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643904215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This book focuses the multi-faceted and far-reaching dealings between the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) and Third World countries, including their liberation movements and development policies. For almost 40 years, the history and previously intense relationship which was maintained between the GDR and Africa has been disregarded. This situation is arguably incomprehensible as Germany's image in many Third World countries has been defined greatly by the smaller of the two Germanies, especially in South Africa. (Series: Spectrum. Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Policy in Developing Countries / Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungslandern - Vol. 109)
