ISBN:
9781785331428
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 346 Seiten
Year of publication:
2016
Uniform Title:
Nazismens sensmoral
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
948.505/3
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Geschichte 1945-1955
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Politik
;
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
;
Politics and culture History 20th century
;
War and society History 20th century
;
National socialism History 20th century
;
Nazis History 20th century
;
Social change History 20th century
;
World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects
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World War, 1939-1945 Influence
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Nationalsozialismus
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung
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Deutschland
;
Schweden
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Sweden Politics and government 1905-1950
;
Sweden Relations
;
Germany Relations
;
Schweden
;
Schweden
;
Nationalsozialismus
;
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
;
Geschichte 1945-1955
Abstract:
"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
Note:
Originally published as Nazismens sensmoral : Svenska erfarenheter i andra världskrigets efterdyning (Stockholm : Atlantis, 2008). - Includes bibliographical references and index
