On the Role of "Spiritual Instigators" in Changes of Germany's Historical and Political Identity from Mid-1980s until the End of the 20th Century Cover Image

O roli „duchowych podżegaczy” w przemianach tożsamości historycznej i politycznej Niemiec od połowy lat 80. do końca XX wieku
On the Role of "Spiritual Instigators" in Changes of Germany's Historical and Political Identity from Mid-1980s until the End of the 20th Century

Author(s): Andrzej Denka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: spiritual instigation;media scandal; German identity; debate of historians; mainstream transformations

Summary/Abstract: Since mid-1980s certain significant changes of the political and national German identity can be observed. They became conspicuous after the reunification of Germany and even more pronounced at the turn of the 20th and 21st century. Starting with the debate of historians on the controversial claims of Ernst Nolte, there emerged in the public discourse views presented by various other intellectuals and writers which testify to their conversion from liberal-leftist positions to rightist and national ones. Often this transition had the form of a scandal in the media (Luhmann) making it possible to deal with social irritations and at the same time to propagate new opinions.

  • Issue Year: 357/2015
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 269-282
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English, Polish