LEADER 04252nam 2200877 a 450 001 9910789997303321 005 20230427191939.0 010 $a1-283-16603-8 010 $a9786613166036 010 $a3-11-024637-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110246377 035 $a(CKB)2670000000088760 035 $a(EBL)690635 035 $a(OCoLC)723945506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000530374 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12215411 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530374 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10567965 035 $a(PQKB)10416574 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC690635 035 $a(DE-B1597)113737 035 $a(OCoLC)853251279 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110246377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL690635 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10486512 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL316603 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000088760 100 $a20101210d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe happy burden of history$b[electronic resource] $efrom sovereign impunity to responsible selfhood /$fAndrew S. Bergerson ... [et al.] 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cDe Gruyter$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies,$x1861-8030 ;$vv. 9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-11-048597-4 311 0 $a3-11-024636-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAbout this Book --$tMyths --$tLies --$tNon-Conformity --$tIrony --$tThe Finish --$tBibliography 330 $aGermans are often accused of failing to take responsibility for Nazi crimes, but what precisely should ordinary people do differently? Indeed, scholars have yet to outline viable alternatives for how any of us should respond to terror and genocide. And because of the way they compartmentalize everyday life, our discipline-bound analyses often disguise more than they illuminate. Written by a historian, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian, The Happy Burden of History takes an integrative approach to the problem of responsible selfhood. Exploring the lives and letters of ordinary and intellectual Germans who faced the ethical challenges of the Third Reich, it focuses on five typical tools for cultivating the modern self: myths, lies, non-conformity, irony, and modeling. The authors carefully dissect the ways in which ordinary and intellectual Germans excused their violent claims to mastery with a sense of 'sovereign impunity.' They then recuperate the same strategies of selfhood for our contemporary world, but in ways that are self-critical and humble. The book shows how viewing this problem from within everyday life can empower and encourage us to bear the burden of historical responsibility - and be happy doing so. 410 0$aInterdisciplinary German cultural studies ;$vv. 9. 606 $aNational socialism$xHistoriography 606 $aGenocide$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImpunity$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCollective memory$zGermany 606 $aSelf$xSocial aspects$zGermany 606 $aResponsibility$xSocial aspects$zGermany 606 $aSocial change$zGermany 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1933-1945$xHistoriography 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1933-1945$vBiography 607 $aGermany$xMoral conditions$xHistory$y20th century 610 $aComing to Terms with the Past. 610 $aNational Socialism. 610 $aResponsibility. 615 0$aNational socialism$xHistoriography. 615 0$aGenocide$xHistory 615 0$aImpunity$xHistory 615 0$aCollective memory 615 0$aSelf$xSocial aspects 615 0$aResponsibility$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial change 676 $a943.086072 700 $aBergerson$b Andrew Stuart$01146912 702 $aBaker$b K. Scott 702 $aMartin$b Clancy$f1967- 702 $aOstovich$b Steven T. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789997303321 996 $aThe happy burden of history$93681924 997 $aUNINA