Helmut Kohl's Quest for Normality
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Helmut Kohl's Quest for Normality

His Representation of the German Nation and Himself

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Helmut Kohl's Quest for Normality

His Representation of the German Nation and Himself

About this book

During his political career, Helmut Kohl used his own life story to promote a normalization of German nationalism and to overcome the stigma of the Nazi period. In the context of the cold war and the memory of the fascist past, he was able to exploit the combination of his religious, generational, regional, and educational (he has a PhD in History) experiences by connecting nationalist ideas to particular biographical narratives. Kohl presented himself as the embodiment of "normality": a de-radicalized German nationalism which was intended to eclipse any anti-Western and post-national peculiarities. This book takes a biographical approach to the study of nationalism by examining its manifestation in Helmut Kohl and the way he historicized Germany's past.

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Information

Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781785337390
eBook ISBN
9781782385745
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Helmut Kohl's Quest for Normality
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Approaching Nationalism
  7. Chapter 2. Kohl as Catholic Nationalist
  8. Chapter 3. Kohl as Liberal Nationalist
  9. Chapter 4. Kohl as Romantic Nationalist
  10. Chapter 5. Kohl as Nationalist Historian
  11. Conclusion
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index