{"product_id":"intellectuals-and-the-nation-collective-identity-in-a-german-axial-age-paperback-9780521639965","title":"Intellectuals and the Nation; Collective Identity in a German Axial Age (Paperback) 9780521639965","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntellectuals and the Nation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCollective Identity in a German Axial Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book proposes a cultural theory of national identity, and also studies nineteenth-century and post-war German identity formation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernhard Giesen (Author), Nicholas Levis (Translated by), Amos Weisz (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521639965, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 August 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.5 x 1.4 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This impressive monograph by one of the most reowned German sociologists\"   Canadian Jrnl of His...The book is much more stimulating than this summary may suggest.\"   Wolfgang E.J. Weber\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book proposes a theory of collective and national identity based on culture and language rather than power and politics. Applying this to what he calls Germany's 'axial age', Bernhard Giesen shows how the codes of nineteenth-century German identity in turn became those of the divided Germany between 1945 and 1989. The identity he describes derives from the ideas of German intellectuals, from the uprooted Romantic poets to the influential German mandarins. Carried by the emerging bourgeoisie, it was constructed on the tensions between power and spirit, money and culture, and the sacred and profane.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the nation in social science and history\u003cbr\u003e 1. The construction of collective identity\u003cbr\u003e 2. The encounter with Otherness\u003cbr\u003e 3. The nation as invisible public: the patriotic code\u003cbr\u003e 4. The nation as holy grail of the intellectuals: the transcendental code of Romanticism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The people on the barricades: the democratic code\u003cbr\u003e 6. The State-nation up to the founding of Empire: the code of 'Realpolitik'\u003cbr\u003e 7. The national identity of the Germans\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cultural studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cultural studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cultural%20studies%20%5BJFC%5D%22\"\u003eJFC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129340547352,"sku":"9780521639965","price":30.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521639965i.jpg?v=1691666677","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/intellectuals-and-the-nation-collective-identity-in-a-german-axial-age-paperback-9780521639965","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}