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Reclaiming the Nation. The Left-Wing Patriotism of 'Die Weltbühne' in the Weimar Republic

Reclaiming the Nation. The Left-Wing Patriotism of 'Die Weltbühne' in the Weimar Republic

Arscott, Jack

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral ReferenceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0854572872
ISBN13: 9780854572878
Publisher: Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societie
Published: Feb 1 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Going against the tendency to 'read history backwards' from Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1933, this book rescues from obscurity the forgotten phenomenon of left-wing patriotism in Weimar Germany. It takes as a case study 'Die Weltbühne', a weekly political journal that evolved from a respected theatre review into a much-discussed and occasionally controversial forum for the airing of left-wing ideas that were completely at odds with the resurgent nationalism and right-wing nostalgia of the inter-war era. An aspect of its intellectual and ideological legacy that has been almost entirely overlooked in all studies of 'Die Weltbühne' until now is its patriotism. The novelty of Jack Arscott's approach lies not least in his anatomisation of this concept, which he breaks down into regionalist, internationalist and Socialist categories by means of close reading.

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