Life after Death: Approaches to a Cultural and Social History of Europe During the 1940s and 1950s
Title | Life after Death: Approaches to a Cultural and Social History of Europe During the 1940s and 1950s |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2003 |
Authors | Bessel, Richard, and Dirk Schumann |
Number of Pages | 363 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
City | Cambridge |
Abstract | This collection of essays offers a novel approach to the cultural and social history of Europe after the Second World War. In a shift of perspective, it does not conceive of the impressive economic and political stability of the postwar era as a quasi-natural return to previous patterns of societal development but approaches it as an attempt to establish 'normality' upon the lingering memories of experiencing violence on a hitherto unprecedented scale. It views the relationship of the violence of the 1940s to the apparent 'normality' and stability of the 1950s as a key to understanding the history of post-war Europe. While the history of post-war Germany naturally looms large in this collection, the essays deal with countries across Western and Central Europe, offer comparative perspectives on their subjects, and draw upon a wide range of primary and secondary source material. |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139052344 |
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