BOOKS - The Burden of German History: A Transatlantic Life (Studies in Contemporary E...
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The Burden of German History: A Transatlantic Life (Studies in Contemporary European History, 28)
Author: Konrad H. Jarausch
Year: April 14, 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 27 MB
Language: English
Year: April 14, 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 27 MB
Language: English
As one of the leading historians of Modern Europe and an internationally acclaimed scholar for the past five decades, Konrad H. Jarausch presents a sustained academic reflection on the post-war German effort to cope with the guilt of the Holocaust amongst a generation of scholars too young to have been perpetrators. Ranging from his war-time childhood to Americanization as a foreign student, from his development as a professional historian to his directorship of the Zentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung and concluding with his mentorship of dozens of PhDs, The Burden of Germany History reflects on the emergence of a self-critical historiography of a twentieth-century Germany that was wrestling with the responsibility for war and genocide. This partly professional and partly personal autobiography explores a wide range of topics including the development of German historiography and its methodological debates, the interdisciplinary teaching efforts in German studies, and the role of scholarly organizations and institutions.