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This innovative study of remembrance in Weimar Germany analyses how experiences and memories of the Great War were transformed along political lines after 1918. Examining the symbolism, language and performative power of public commemoration, Benjamin Ziemann reveals how individual recollections fed into the public narrative of the experience of war. Challenging conventional wisdom that nationalist narratives dominated commemoration, this book demonstrates that Social Democrat war veterans participated in the commemoration of the war at all levels: supporting the 'no more war' movement, mourning the fallen at war memorials and demanding a politics of international solidarity. It describes how the moderate Socialist Left related the legitimacy of the Republic to their experiences in the Imperial army and acknowledged the military defeat of 1918 as a moment of liberation. This is the first comprehensive analysis of war remembrances in post-war Germany and a radical reassessment of the democratic potential of the Weimar Republic.

Diskussionen über die nachlassende Prägekraft der Religion gibt es bereits seit der Reformation. Benjamin Ziemann vermittelt in dieser Einführung, wie ein sozialhistorischer Zugang die Rolle der Religion in den Gesellschaften Westeuropas und Nordamerikas zu erhellen vermag. Er geht dabei auf die Konkurrenz zwischen den christlichen Konfessionen ein sowie auf den Zusammenhang von Geschlecht und Religiosität und auf die Bedeutung von Medien für die religiöse Kommunikation. Seine Einführung bietet einen umfassenden Einstieg in die zentralen Themenfelder der Religionsgeschichte in der Neuzeit.

The Weimar Republic was a turbulent and pivotal period of German and European history and a laboratory of modernity. 'The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic' provides panoramic view of German history from 1918 to 1933, offering an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the fascinating history of the Weimar Republic.

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.

"Now in its second edition, Reading Primary Sources explores the varied traditions in source-criticism and, through specific examples provided by the contributors, illustrates how primary sources can be read and used in historical research. The first part of this two-part volume begins by establishing the reader's understanding of source criticism with an overview of both traditional and new methodological approaches to the use of primary documents. Taking into account the huge expansion in the range of primary sources used by historians, the second part includes chapters on surveillance reports, testimony and court files, in addition to more traditional genres such as letters, memoranda, diaries, novels, newspapers, political speeches and autobiography. For the new edition, each chapter now includes a checklist that suggests an easy-to-follow sequence of steps for interpreting a specific source genre, enabling students to understand how the sources should be read, what they have to offer, and the pitfalls of their interpretation. In addition to new discussions about the availability to digitised source materials, a new chapter on social surveys unlocks the potential of these widely used primary sources. Taking examples of sources from many European countries and the United States, and providing up-to-date information on the most widely used textual sources, this book is the perfect companion for every student of history who wants to engage with primary sources"--

Introduction: the Cold War as an imaginary war / Matthew Grant and Benjamin Ziemann -- The apocalyptic fiction: shaping the future in the Cold War / Eva Horn -- Building peace, fearing the apocalypse? Nuclear danger in Soviet Cold War culture / Miriam Dobson -- Sixty years and counting: nuclear themes in American culture, 1945 to the present / Paul Boyer -- The imaginative landscape of nuclear war in Britain, 1945-65 / Matthew Grant -- German angst? Debating Cold War anxieties in West Germany, 1945-90 / Benjamin Ziemann -- After Hiroshima: Günther Anders and the history of anti-nuclear critique / Jason Dawsey -- Hiroshima/Nagasaki, civil rights and anti-war protest in Japan's Cold War / Ann Sherif -- Catholic anti-communism, the bomb and perceptions of apocalypse in West Germany and the USA, 1945-90 / Daniel Gerster -- "The nuclear arms race is psychological at its roots": physicians and their therapies for the Cold War / Claudia Kemper -- Imagining the apocalypse: nuclear winter in science and the world / Paul Rubinson -- Images of nuclear war in US government films from the early Cold War / Lars Nowak

Introduction. The cold war as an imaginary war -- Matthew Grant and Benjamin Ziemann 1. The apocalyptic fiction: shaping the future in the cold war -- Eva Horn 2. Building peace, fearing the apocalypse: Nuclear danger in Soviet cold war culture, 1945-91 -- Miriam Dobson 3. Nuclear themes in American culture, 1945 to the present -- Paul Boyer 4. The imaginative landscape of nuclear war in Britain, 1945-65 -- Matthew Grant 5. German angst? Debating cold war anxieties in West Germany, 1945-90 -- Benjamin Ziemann 6. After Hiroshima. Günther Anders and the history of anti-nuclear critique -- Jason Dawsey 7. Hiroshima/Nagasaki, civil rights and anti-war protest in Japan's cold war -- Ann Sheriff 8. Catholic anti-communism, the bomb and perceptions of apocalypse in West Germany and the USA, 1945-90 -- Daniel Gerster 9. 'The nuclear arms race is psychological at its roots.' Physicians and their therapies for the Cold War -- Claudia Kemper 10. Imagining the apocalypse: nuclear winter in science and the world -- Paul Rubinson 11. Images of nuclear war in U.S. government films from the early cold war -- Lars Nowak Index