When World War II ended, Europe was in ruins. Yet politically and socially, the years between 1943 and 1947 were a time of dramatic reconfigurations that proved to be foundational for the making of today's Europe. This volume homes in on the crucial period from the beginning of the end of Nazi rule to the advent of the Cold War. It demonstrates how the everyday experiences of Europeans during these five years shaped the transition of their societies from war to peace. The essays explore these reconfigurations on different scales and levels with the purpose of enhancing our understanding of how wars end.
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Seeking Peace in the Wake of War: Europe, 1943-1947 -- Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Sandrine Kott, Peter Romijn and Olivier Wieviorka -- 1 - In the Wake of War -- The 'War Syndrome' -- World War II and Polish Society -- Marcin Zaremba -- Germans into Allies -- Writing a Diary in 1945 -- Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann -- Two Paths to the Same End? -- The Challenges of the Liberation in France and Italy -- Gabriella Gribaudi, Olivier Wieviorka and Julie Le Gac -- 'Liberators and Patriots' -- Military Interim Rule and the Politics of Transition in the Netherlands, 1944-1945 -- Peter Romijn -- 2 - Reordering Communities -- The Latvian Orphans Released from the Siberian Special Settlements (1946-1947) -- The Story of an Unusual Rescue in the Post-War USSR -- Juliette Denis -- Migration and Cleansing -- Building a New Society in the Czech Borderlands after 1945* -- Matěj Spurný -- To Stay or to Go? -- Reconfigurations of Jewish Life in Post-War Poland, 1944-1947 -- Audrey Kichelewski -- Fighters Like No Others -- The Soviet Partisans in the Wake of War -- Masha Cerovic -- 3 - Organizing the Peace -- How the Soviet Empire Relied on Diversity -- Territorial Expansion and National Borders at the End of World War II in Ruthenia -- Sabine Dullin -- Social Security and the End of the Second World War in France, the Netherlands and Belgium -- Social Peace, Organizational Power and the State -- Dirk Luyten -- The Politics of Reconstruction -- Foreign Aid and State Authority in Greece, 1945-1947 -- Polymeris Voglis -- Organizing World Peace -- The International Labour Organisation from the Second World War to the Cold War -- Sandrine Kott -- Conclusion -- Philip Nord -- Contributors to this Volume -- Bibliography -- Index.
Thirty years ago, on October 3, 1990, two German states became one. The academy, however, had a long way to go before it could begin to make a similar claim. The relatively swift dismantling of the "Wall on the ground" did not occasion an equally swift dismantling of the so-called "Wall in the head," especially within the historical field in the new Federal Republic. Young scholars from the "Workers' and Peasants' State" launched their careers as professional historians in a profoundly different political and social context than the one into which they had been socialized. Few would describe this new academic constellation as "unified." This forum developed, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the events of 1989–1990, as an attempt to understand the ways that having lived through a world-historical transition has impacted the work of historians from the former German Democratic Republic. It explores the ways these scholars' experiences—lived experiences of a necessarily transnational kind of history—have shaped their appreciation of the project of history: its form, its purpose, its promises, and its limits. It considers the ways the academy in the new Federal Republic did and did not make room for these scholars and their historiographical perspectives. It reflects on the power of culture, politics, and memory on conceptualizations of the past. To engage with these themes, Central European History's editor invited Jennifer Allen (Yale University) to convene a forum. She invited Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann (University of California, Berkeley), Christina Morina (Universität Bielefeld), and Patrice Poutrus (Universität Erfurt) to participate.
Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe Reloaded? Writing the Conceptual History of the Twentieth Century Guest editors: Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann and Kathrin KollmeierIntroduction Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann and Kathrin KollmeierSome Thoughts on the History of Twentieth-Century German Basic Concepts Willibald SteinmetzIs a "History of Basic Concepts of the Twentieth Century" Possible? A Polemic Philipp SarasinHistory of Concepts, New Edition: Suitable for a Better Understanding of Modern Times? Alf LüdtkeReply Christian Geulen
Armut, Entwicklung, Terrorismus und Behinderung - alles wird in einen menschenrechtlichen Bezugsrahmen gestellt. Seit wann sind Menschenrechte zu einem globalen Leitwert avanciert und weshalb? Der erste soziologische Band zu Menschenrechten im deutschsprachigen Raum geht dieser Frage aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nach: Er vermittelt einerseits einen Überblick über wichtige theoretische Ansätze wie dem Neo-Institutionalismus, der Systemtheorie und Hans Joas' Genealogie der Menschenrechte. Anderseits versammelt er empirische Fallstudien etwa zu Indigenenrechten, der Entstehung der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte, zu den Arbeitsrechten der ILO und den Rechtsverletzungen in extraterritorialen Räumen am Beispiel der Hohen See.
Die Reihe Studien zur Weltgesellschaft bietet ein Forum für die im deutschen Sprachraum bisher verstreut veröffentlichten Beiträge zur soziologischen Globalisierungs- und Weltgesellschaftsforschung. Sie knüpft an etablierte Programme an, wie die neo-institutionalistische World-Polity-Forschung und die systemtheoretische Soziologie der Weltgesellschaft, und zielt zugleich auf die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit allen sozialund geschichtswissenschaftlichen Forschungsprogrammen, die theoriebewusst globale Strukturen und Dynamiken analysieren. Studien zu globalen Institutionen und Diffusionsprozessen finden daher ebenso Eingang wie Untersuchungen zu transnationalen Bewegungen und Netzwerken sowie historische Fallstudien zu Kolonialismus, Imperialismus und der Entstehung moderner Nationalstaaten.
