{"product_id":"germany-from-the-outside-rethinking-german-cultural-history-in-an-age-of-displacement-paperback","title":"Germany from the Outside: Rethinking German Cultural History in an Age of Displacement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Ruth Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eImke Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nation-state is a European invention of the 18th and 19th centuries. In the case of the German nation in particular, this invention was tied closely to the idea of a homogeneous German culture with a strong normative function. As a consequence, histories of German culture and literature often are told from the inside-as the unfolding of a canon of works representing certain core values, with which every person who considers him or herself \"German\" necessarily must identify. But what happens if we describe German culture and its history from the outside? And as something heterogeneous, shaped by multiple and diverse sources, many of which are not obviously connected to things traditionally considered \"German\"? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmphasizing current issues of migration, displacement, systemic injustice, and belonging, \u003ci\u003e Germany from the Outside\u003c\/i\u003e explores new opportunities for understanding and shaping community at a time when many are questioning the ability of cultural practices to effect structural change. Located at the nexus of cultural, political, historiographical, and philosophical discourses, the essays in this volume inform discussions about next directions for German Studies and for the Humanities in a fraught era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Ruth Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She is the author of three books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eForgotten Dreams: Revisiting Romanticism in the Cinema of Werner Herzog \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44244144947251,"sku":"9781501375897","price":183.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/HawyCVQSEh9781501375897.webp?v=1777640589","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/germany-from-the-outside-rethinking-german-cultural-history-in-an-age-of-displacement-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}