German Colonialism: Race, the Holocaust, and Postwar GermanyVolker Langbehn, Mohammad Salama Columbia University Press, 12.04.2011 - 400 Seiten More than half a century before the mass executions of the Holocaust, Germany devastated the peoples of southwestern Africa. While colonialism might seem marginal to German history, new scholarship compares these acts to Nazi practices on the Eastern and Western fronts. With some of the most important essays from the past five years exploring the "continuity thesis," this anthology debates the links between German colonialist activities and the behavior of Germany during World War II. Some contributors argue the country's domination of southwestern Africa gave rise to perceptions of racial difference and superiority at home, building upon a nascent nationalism that blossomed into National Socialism and the Holocaust. Others remain skeptical and challenge the continuity thesis. The contributors also examine Germany's colonial past with debates over the country's identity and history and compare its colonial crimes with other European ventures. Other issues explored include the denial or marginalization of German genocide and the place of colonialism and the Holocaust within German and Israeli postwar relations. |
Inhalt
PART II Lebensraum and Genocide | 49 |
Looking East Poland the Ottoman Empire and Politicized Jihadism | 121 |
PART IV Of Missionaries Economics andIntranational SelfPerception | 191 |
PART V Postcolonial German Politics | 273 |
Contributors | 315 |
321 | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
German Colonialism: Race, the Holocaust, and Postwar Germany Volker Max Langbehn,Mohammad Salama Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2011 |
German Colonialism: Race, the Holocaust, and Postwar Germany Volker Max Langbehn,Mohammad Salama Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2011 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
administration anti-Semitism anticolonial Arab argument Aryan aurochs Berlin Białowieża Bismarck British Cambridge century Christian civilization colo Colonial Fantasies colonial rule colonialist concept context continuity continuity thesis critical cultural debate Deutsche Deutschland Dirk Moses East Africa economic edited Empire ethnic European expansion extermination foreign Generalplan Ost Genocide German colonialism German Empire German History German missionaries German Southwest Africa Germany’s Colonial Pasts Geschichte global Göring Gründer Hannah Arendt Herero Heyden historians historiography Hitler Holocaust ideology imagined imperialism imperialist indigenous influence Israel Jahrhundert Jewish Jews Jürgen Kaiserreich Koloniale Kolonialismus Kundrus literature lonial military Mission missionary societies modern Munich Namibia National Socialism Nazi Nazism nial Nietzsche Nietzsche’s Orient Origins of Totalitarianism Ottoman Ottoman Empire overseas Oxford Pogge von Strandmann Poland political population postcolonial question race racial regime regime’s relationship Sonderweg Soviet specific territory theory Third Reich tion Translated University Press violence West German Western Wilhelm World York Zantop Zimmerer