Sweden after Nazism : politics and culture in the wake of the Second World War / / Johan Östling ; translated by Peter Graves
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| Autore: |
Östling Johan <1978->
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| Titolo: |
Sweden after Nazism : politics and culture in the wake of the Second World War / / Johan Östling ; translated by Peter Graves
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 948.505/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Politics and culture - Sweden - History - 20th century |
| War and society - Sweden - History - 20th century | |
| National socialism - Sweden - History - 20th century | |
| Nazis - Sweden - History - 20th century | |
| Social change - Sweden - History - 20th century | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Sweden | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Influence | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Sweden Politics and government 1905-1950 |
| Sweden Relations Germany | |
| Germany Relations Sweden | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | GravesPeter |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Sweden after Nazism; Sweden after Nazism - Politics and Culture in the Wake of the Second World War; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 - Nazism and the Twentieth Century; 2 - The Experience of Nazism; 3 - Nazism as Stigma; 4 - The Ideas of 1945; 5 - German Autumn; 6 - The Lessons of Nazism; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "As a nominally neutral power during the Second World War, Sweden in the early postwar era has received comparatively little attention from historians. Nonetheless, as this definitive study shows, the war--and particularly the specter of Nazism--changed Swedish society profoundly. Prior to 1939, many Swedes shared an unmistakable affinity for German culture, and even after the outbreak of hostilities there remained prominent apologists for the Third Reich. After the Allied victory, however, Swedish intellectuals reframed Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Accordingly, Swedes' self-conception underwent a dramatic reformulation. From this interplay of suppressed traditions and bright dreams for the future, postwar Sweden emerged"--From publisher's website. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sweden after Nazism |
| ISBN: | 1-78533-143-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798317403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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