04252nam 2200877 a 450 991078999730332120230427191939.01-283-16603-897866131660363-11-024637-610.1515/9783110246377(CKB)2670000000088760(EBL)690635(OCoLC)723945506(SSID)ssj0000530374(PQKBManifestationID)12215411(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530374(PQKBWorkID)10567965(PQKB)10416574(MiAaPQ)EBC690635(DE-B1597)113737(OCoLC)853251279(DE-B1597)9783110246377(Au-PeEL)EBL690635(CaPaEBR)ebr10486512(CaONFJC)MIL316603(EXLCZ)99267000000008876020101210d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe happy burden of history[electronic resource] from sovereign impunity to responsible selfhood /Andrew S. Bergerson ... [et al.]Berlin ;New York De Gruyterc20111 online resource (264 p.)Interdisciplinary German cultural studies,1861-8030 ;v. 9Description based upon print version of record.3-11-048597-4 3-11-024636-8 Includes bibliographical references.Front matter --Contents --List of Illustrations --About this Book --Myths --Lies --Non-Conformity --Irony --The Finish --BibliographyGermans are often accused of failing to take responsibility for Nazi crimes, but what precisely should ordinary people do differently? Indeed, scholars have yet to outline viable alternatives for how any of us should respond to terror and genocide. And because of the way they compartmentalize everyday life, our discipline-bound analyses often disguise more than they illuminate. Written by a historian, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian, The Happy Burden of History takes an integrative approach to the problem of responsible selfhood. Exploring the lives and letters of ordinary and intellectual Germans who faced the ethical challenges of the Third Reich, it focuses on five typical tools for cultivating the modern self: myths, lies, non-conformity, irony, and modeling. The authors carefully dissect the ways in which ordinary and intellectual Germans excused their violent claims to mastery with a sense of 'sovereign impunity.' They then recuperate the same strategies of selfhood for our contemporary world, but in ways that are self-critical and humble. The book shows how viewing this problem from within everyday life can empower and encourage us to bear the burden of historical responsibility - and be happy doing so.Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ;v. 9.National socialismHistoriographyGenocideGermanyHistory20th centuryImpunityGermanyHistory20th centuryCollective memoryGermanySelfSocial aspectsGermanyResponsibilitySocial aspectsGermanySocial changeGermanyGermanyHistory1933-1945HistoriographyGermanyHistory1933-1945BiographyGermanyMoral conditionsHistory20th centuryComing to Terms with the Past.National Socialism.Responsibility.National socialismHistoriography.GenocideHistoryImpunityHistoryCollective memorySelfSocial aspectsResponsibilitySocial aspectsSocial change943.086072Bergerson Andrew Stuart1146912Baker K. ScottMartin Clancy1967-Ostovich Steven T.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789997303321The happy burden of history3681924UNINA