LEADER 04070nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910779535703321 005 20230802010312.0 010 $a0-674-07008-9 010 $a0-674-06480-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674064805 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039416 035 $a(EBL)3301267 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000870358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11461729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10818429 035 $a(PQKB)11338036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301267 035 $a(DE-B1597)178156 035 $a(OCoLC)804897700 035 $a(OCoLC)840441134 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674064805 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678698 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039416 100 $a20111107d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFighting for the soul of Germany $ethe Catholic struggle for inclusion after unification /$fRebecca Ayako Bennette 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (x, 368 pages) $cmap 225 1 $aHarvard historical studies ;$v178 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-674-06563-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-349) and index. 327 $aThe German question and religion -- The beginning of the German epoch -- The limits of loyalty tested -- The real threat emerges -- The search for continued relevance -- Mapping Germany from the borders to Berlin -- Femininity and the debate over the guiding principle of the nation -- The battle over schools and scholarship -- The moral geography of Europe and beyond. 330 $aHistorians have long believed that Catholics were late and ambivalent supporters of the German nation. Rebecca Ayako Bennette's bold new interpretation demonstrates definitively that from the beginning in 1871, when Wilhelm I was proclaimed Kaiser of a unified Germany, Catholics were actively promoting a German national identity for the new Reich. In the years following unification, Germany was embroiled in a struggle to define the new nation. Otto von Bismarck and his allies looked to establish Germany as a modern nation through emphasis on Protestantism and military prowess. Many Catholics feared for their future when he launched the Kulturkampf, a program to break the political and social power of German Catholicism. But these anti-Catholic policies did not destroy Catholic hopes for the new Germany. Rather, they encouraged Catholics to develop an alternative to the Protestant and liberal visions that dominated the political culture. Bennette's reconstruction of Catholic thought and politics sheds light on several aspects of German life. From her discovery of Catholics who favored a more "feminine" alternative to Bismarckian militarism to her claim that anti-socialism, not anti-Semitism, energized Catholic politics, Bennette's work forces us to rethink much of what we know about religion and national identity in late nineteenth-century Germany. 410 0$aHarvard historical studies ;$v178. 606 $aKulturkampf 606 $aCatholics$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNationalism$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNationalism$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aChristianity and politics$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGermany$xHistory$yWilliam I, 1871-1888 615 0$aKulturkampf. 615 0$aCatholics$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xHistory 676 $a282/.4309034 700 $aBennette$b Rebecca Ayako$f1973-$01461947 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779535703321 996 $aFighting for the soul of Germany$93670790 997 $aUNINA