The German Myth of the East: 1800 to the Present

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Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius (Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Tennessee)

The German Myth of the East

1800 to the Present

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius (Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Tennessee)

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Oxford University Press
23 December 2010

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history

Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History

Over the last two centuries and indeed up to the present day, Eastern Europe's lands and peoples have conjured up a complex mixture of fascination, anxiety, promise, and peril for Germans looking eastwards. Across the generations, a varied cast of German writers, artists, philosophers, diplomats, political leaders, generals, and Nazi racial fanatics have imagined (often in very different ways) a special German mission in the East, forging a frontier myth that paralleled the American myths of the 'Wild West' and 'Manifest Destiny'. Through close analysis of German views of the East from 1800 to our own times, The German Myth of the East reveals that this crucial international relationship has in fact been integral to how Germans have defined (and repeatedly redefined) themselves and their own national identity. In particular, what was ultimately at stake for Germans was their own uncertain position in Europe, between East and West. Paradoxically, the East came to be viewed as both an attractive land of unlimited potential for the future and as a place undeveloped, dangerous, wild, dirty, and uncultured. Running the gamut from the messages of international understanding announced by generations of German scholars and sympathetic writers, to the violent racial utopia envisaged by the Nazis, German imaginings of the East represent a crucial, yet unfamiliar, part of modern European history, and one that remains fundamentally important today in the context of an expanded European Union.

By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius (Associate Professor Department of History University of Tennessee)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 486g
ISBN: 9780199605163
ISBN 10: 0199605165
Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 23 December 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is the author of War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I (2000). He has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Reviews for The German Myth of the East: 1800 to the Present

A captivating read and may be recommended as an overview to both students and researchers of east European and German history. Jan C. Behrends, Slavic Review