European University Institute Library

Fear in the German speaking world, 1600-2000

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Fear in the German speaking world, 1600-2000

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1134075010

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"This book addresses the nature and role of fear in the German world from the early modern period through to the 20th century. Offering the first collection that centres fear in the historical analysis of central Europe since 1600, these essays demonstrate the importance of emotional experience to the study of the past. Fear has been at the centre of many of the most important historical events in this region; witch hunts, religious conflicts, invasions and ultra-nationalism in the form of the Nazi regime. This book explores ways in which fear was understood, developed and negotiated throughout these historical contexts, and how people of the German world coped with it. From the fear of vampires to the loss of national sovereignty, pestilence, gypsies and criminals, Fear in the German Speaking World 1600-2000 draws connections between cases over a period of 400 years and considers fear alongside the history of emotions more generally. In doing so, the chapters reveal a complex, evolving construction of fear that is universally human, but also dependent upon its cultural and historical context."--, Provided by publisher

Introduction: Thomas Kehoe & Michael Pickering, (University of New England, Australia and University of Melbourne, Australia) -- 1Political Fear during the Wars of Louis XIV: The Danger of Becoming French, Kristin Cooper, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) 2Vampires, Ottomans, and the Spectre of Contagion: The Intersectionality of Fear on the Periphery of the Habsburg Monarchy, Michael Pickering (University of Melbourne, Australia) -- 3"The forest is not everyone's friend:' Fear in an 18th century Southwest German Hometown, Dennis Frey, (Lasell College, USA) 4Gypsy Hysteria in 19th Century Germany: A Biopolitical Response, Charissa Kurda, (Flinders University, Australia) -- 5Conceptualizing Gender and Fear: German-Jewish Masculinities in the Third Reich and the Dread of the Unknown, Sebastian Huebel, (University of British Columbia, Canada) 6Cultivating Fear: The Image of SA and the Presence of Propaganda in the Late Weimar, Jacob Berg & Richard Scully, (University of St. Andrews, UK and University of New England, Australia) 7Gangs in the Forest: The Construction of the Criminal Archetype in Post-World War II Germany, Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia) 8German Angst After 1945 as Fear of the Fear, Pierre-Frédéric Weber, (University of Szczecin, Poland) 9Fear of Falling: Talking about (and Being Afraid of) Poverty in Germany since 1945, Christoph Lorke, (University of M©ơnster, Germany) Conclusions: Michael Pickering & Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia and University of Melbourne, Australia)