Intellectuals and the German nation : collective identity in an axial age

Intellectuals and the German nation : collective identity in an axial age / Bernhard Giesen ; translated by Nicholas Levis and Amos Weisz.

Author/creator	Giesen, Bernhard, 1948-2020
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description	x, 246 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Intellectuals--Germany --History --19th century. Intellectuals--Germany --History --20th century. Nationalism--Germany --History --19th century. Nationalism--Germany --History --20th century. Philosophy--History. Germany--Historiography. Germany--History --1945-1990.

Uniform title	Intellektuellen und die Nation. English
Cover title	Intellectuals and the nation
Series	Cambridge cultural social studies Cambridge cultural social studies. ^A369599
Contents	Introduction: the nation in social science and history -- The construction of collective identity: proposal for a new analysis -- Prelude: the encounter with otherness -- The nation as invisible public: the patriotic code -- The nation as Holy Grail of the intellectuals: the transcendental code of Romanticism -- The people on the barricades: the democratic code -- The nation-state up to the founding of empire: the code of Realpolitik -- The national identity of the Germans: attempt at a conclusion -- Epilogue: German identity between 1945 and 1990.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-241) and index.
LCCN	97027897
ISBN	0521621615
ISBN	0521639964 (pbk)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DD204 .G5413 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold