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Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#401704-UA25
Titel	Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
Auteur	Clark, Christopher
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New Jersey : Princeton University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2019
ISBN10	0691217327
ISBN13	9780691217321
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Inspired by the insights of Reinhart Koselleck and François Hartog, two pioneers of the "temporal turn" in historiography, Clark shows how Friedrich Wilhelm rejected the notion of continuity with the past, believing instead that a sovereign must liberate the state from the entanglements of tradition to choose freely among different possible futures. He demonstrates how Frederick the Great abandoned this paradigm for a neoclassical vision of history in which sovereign and state transcend time altogether, and how Bismarck believed that the statesman's duty was to preserve the timeless permanence of the state amid the torrent of historical change. Clark describes how Hitler did not seek to revolutionize history like Stalin and Mussolini, but instead sought to evade history al... (Lees verder)together, emphasizing timeless racial archetypes and a prophetically foretold future.
Pagina's	293
Conditie	Redelijk — Wrinkles top right corner front cover; cover slightly stained and 2 brown stains on cut.
Prijs	€ 10,00

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