Overview

This book addresses the nature and role of fear in the German world from the early modern period through to the 20th century. Offering the first collection that centres fear in the historical analysis of central Europe since 1600, these essays demonstrate the importance of emotional experience to the study of the past. Fear has been at the centre of many of the most important historical events in this region; witch hunts, religious conflicts, invasions and ultra-nationalism in the form of the Nazi regime. This book explores ways in which fear was understood, developed and negotiated throughout these historical contexts, and how people of the German world coped with it. From the fear of vampires to the loss of national sovereignty, pestilence, gypsies and criminals, Fear in the German Speaking World 1600-2000 draws connections between cases over a period of 400 years and considers fear alongside the history of emotions more generally. In doing so, the chapters reveal a complex, evolving construction of fear that is universally human, but also dependent upon its cultural and historical context.

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Author:   Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia) ,  Michael Pickering (Trinity College, Melbourne, Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781350240452

ISBN 10:   1350240451
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Thomas Kehoe & Michael Pickering, (University of New England, Australia and University of Melbourne, Australia) 1. Political Fear during the Wars of Louis XIV: The Danger of Becoming French, Kirsten L. Cooper, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) 2. Vampires, Ottomans, and the Spectre of Contagion: The Intersectionality of Fear on the Periphery of the Habsburg Monarchy, Michael Pickering (University of Melbourne, Australia) 3. “The forest is not everyone’s friend:” Fear in an 18th century Southwest German Hometown, Dennis Frey, (Lasell College, USA) 4. Gypsy Hysteria in 19th Century Germany: A Biopolitical Response, Charissa Kurda, (Flinders University, Australia) 5. Conceptualizing Gender and Fear: German-Jewish Masculinities in the Third Reich and the Dread of the Unknown, Sebastian Huebel, (University of British Columbia, Canada) 6. Cultivating Fear: The Image of SA and the Presence of Propaganda in the Late Weimar, Jacob Berg & Richard Scully, (University of St. Andrews, UK and University of New England, Australia) 7. Gangs in the Forest: The Construction of the Criminal Archetype in Post-World War II Germany, Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia) 8. German Angst After 1945 as Fear of the Fear, Pierre-Frédéric Weber, (University of Szczecin, Poland) 9. Fear of Falling: Talking about (and Being Afraid of) Poverty in Germany since 1945, Christoph Lorke, (University of Münster, Germany) Conclusions: Michael Pickering & Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia and University of Melbourne, Australia)

Reviews

Hugely ambitious, wide-ranging, and compelling account of the changing cultural meanings of fears and, most importantly, their impact on history. * Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * This persuasive and carefully-constructed volume makes a strong affirmative case for the importance of fear, and of emotions more generally, in the study of German-speaking Central Europe. Broad in scope and chronology, these essays will appeal to readers interested German and European history. * Adam Seipp, Professor of History and Associate Department Head, Texas A&M University, USA *

Author Information

Thomas Kehoe is a Research Fellow at the University of New England, Australia. A historian with a focus on Germany and the United States, he has published in journals such as Genocide Research, War in History and Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Michael Pickering is a Lecturer in History at Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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