03696nam 2200637 450 991079815750332120230422033822.01-57181-103-61-78238-826-510.1515/9781782388265(CKB)3710000000622537(EBL)4456608(MiAaPQ)EBC4456608(DE-B1597)637344(DE-B1597)9781782388265(EXLCZ)99371000000062253720160415h19991999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFrom World War to Waldheim culture and politics in Austria and the United States /edited by David F. Good and Ruth WodakNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghann Books,1999.©19991 online resource (256 p.)Austrian History, Culture, and Society ;Volume 2Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.From Wold War to Waldheim; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part Two; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part Three; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Contributors; IndexThe growing internationalization of the world poses a fundamental question, i.e., through what mechanisms does culture diffuse across political boundaries and what is the role of politics in shaping this diffusion? This volume offers some answers through the case study of the relationship between two quite different states during the Cold War era - Austria, a small neutral country, and the United States, the reigning superpower. The authors challenge naive notions of cultural diffusion that posit the submission of small "peripheral" areas to the dictates of hegemonic powers at the "core." "Americanization" has no doubt taken place since 1945; however, local forces crucially shaped this process, and Austrian elites enjoyed considerable leeway in pursuing "Austrian" political objectives. On the other hand, with the expulsion of Vienna's cultural and intellectual elite after the Anschluß, the United States, more than any othercountry, became heir to the rich cultural legacy of "Vienna 1900," which profoundly shaped politics and culture in both its "high" and popular forms in postwar America. The relationship climaxed and came full circle with the unfolding of the Waldheim affair, which forced Americans and Austrians to reinterpret the meaning of the Nazi era for their own history in a confrontation with the "other."Austrian history, culture, and society ;Volume 2.Culture diffusionAustriaCulture diffusionUnited StatesPolitical cultureAustriaPolitical cultureUnited StatesNational socialismPsychological aspectsUnited StatesRelationsAustriaAustriaCivilizationAmerican influencesAustriaRelationsUnited StatesCulture diffusionCulture diffusionPolitical culturePolitical cultureNational socialismPsychological aspects.306/.09436Good David F.Wodak Ruth1950-University of Minnesota.Center for Austrian Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798157503321From World War to Waldheim3707532UNINA