NO INNER REMIGRATION: MARTIN HEIDEGGER, ERNST JÜNGER, AND THE EARLY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL MORAT
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Political ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Allied Occupation ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
Socialist Movement

Martin Heidegger and Ernst Jünger rightly count among the signal examples of intellectual complicity with National Socialism. But after supporting the National Socialist movement in its early years, they both withdrew from political activism during the 1930s and considered themselves to be in “inner emigration” thereafter. How did they react to the end of National Socialism, to the Allied occupation and finally to the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949? Did they abandon their stance of seclusion and engage once more with political issues? Or did they persist in their withdrawal from the political sphere? In analyzing the intellectual relationship of Heidegger and Jünger after 1945, the article reevaluates the assumption of a “deradicalization” (Jerry Muller) of German conservatism after the Second World War by showing that Heidegger's and Jünger's postwar positions were no less radical than their earlier thought, although their attitude towards the political sphere changed fundamentally.

Die Politik der Ehre. Die Rehabilitierung der Berufssoldaten in der frühen Bundesrepublik

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-173
Author(s):  
Jay Lockenour
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Elite Group

Since the mid-1990s, a number of books have appeared that examine the tumultuous early years of the Federal Republic of Germany through the lens of the former Wehrmacht officer corps. How this elite group, so closely tied to the aims and institutions of the National Socialist regime, managed the transition to democracy is critical to understanding the ultimate success of the Federal Republic in establishing legitimacy and avoiding the fate of its Weimar ancestor.

scholarly journals Between Economic Interests and Political Constraints

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Bernardini
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Bilateral Exchange ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
East West

This article deals with the relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China during the early Cold War decades. The traditional historiographical paradigm of the East-West confrontation assumes that any form of cooperation was impossible between the two countries. However, a shift of focus from the political sphere to the economic one reveals how pattern of conduct predating 1949, as well as purely economic reasons, brought actors from both sides to agree on a set of rules for bilateral exchange, and to improve the trade performance despite the highs and lows of the political climate and the bloc allegiance of both countries.

Fritz: Nazi Propagandist

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Renwick Monroe
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
Nazi Party ◽  
Nazi Regime ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Socialist Movement

This chapter showcases a Dutch collaborator named Fritz. Fritz shared many of Tony's prewar conservative opinions in favor of the monarchy and traditional Dutch values, although he was of working-class origins, unlike Tony and Beatrix, who were Dutch bourgeoisie. But unlike Beatrix or Tony, Fritz joined the Nazi Party, wrote propaganda for the Nazi cause, and married the daughter of a German Nazi. When he was interviewed in 1992, Fritz indicated he was appalled at what he later learned about Nazi treatment of Jews but that he still believed in many of the goals of the National Socialist movement and felt that Hitler had betrayed the movement. Fritz is thus classified as a disillusioned Nazi supporter who retains his faith in much of National Socialism, and this chapter is presented as illustrative of the psychology of those who once supported the Nazi regime but who were disillusioned after the war.

scholarly journals A QUESTIONABILIDADE DO CONCEITO DE PAISAGEM

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert GRÖNING
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Final Goal

Com freqüência o conceito de paisagem parece estar associa- do a esperanças igualmente misteriosas e, de alguma forma, supostamente capazes de transmitir a verdade, em especial desde que, na República Federal da Alemanha, se propagou o ideário ecológico. Para essa afirmativa encontramos reitera-da comprovação nas pesquisas paisagísticas da segunda metade do século 20 que, como me parece, embora tenham sido realizadas numa época em que a industrialização já era um fato onipresente, estão vinculadas3 a uma noção pré-in-dustrial de “paisagem”, ou seja, a uma “paisagem” em que a indústria era ainda inexistente. Neste estudo pretendo também chamar a atenção para alguns temas como: o conservado- rismo do interesse pela “paisagem”, o surgimento da “paisa-gem” como programa social, a “paisagem” da era nacional- socialista, a “paisagem” dos adversários da urbe, a “paisagem” de cunho antroposófico e, finalmente, o papel da “paisagem” no século XX e início do século XXI; esses temas poderão contribuir para a compreensão dos motivos que tornam questionável a persistência de um tal conceito de “paisagem”. About the questionability of landscape notion Abstract Both the notion of “landscape” and mysterious hopes seem to be linked together and they are believed to somehow tell the truth. In the Federal Republic of Germany this especially seems to have increased after ecological thoughts which began to circulate from the 1970s onwards. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, repeated studies about a so-called “landscape picture”, at a time of omni-present industrialization adhered to a pre-industrial image of “landscape”, that is a “landscape” without industry, document this.4 Further a few points are presented such as the conservative interest in “landscape”, the development of “landscape” as a societal program, the “landscape” in National Socialism, the “landscape” of those hostile towards cities, the anthroposophically oriented “landscape”, and, finally, the role of “landscape” in the twentieth and the beginning of the twentyfirst century. The final goal is to elaborate on the notion that it is questionable to further stick to such a notion of “landscape”.

Die Stadtverwaltung Mülheim an der Ruhr im Nationalsozialismus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyra Sontacki
Keyword(s):  
National Socialism ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Town Council ◽  
Work Routine

There is plenty of information about the impacts of National Socialism, but the municipal administrative authorities of Mülheim an der Ruhr and its employees have so far been neglected in this regard. This book points out how National Socialism had an influence on the tasks and the daily work routine of the town’s administration. It also shows how the political circumstances of the time impacted on the employees’ lives and their decisions. The book presents the résumés of three very different mayors, the National Socialist head of the fire department, a Jewish teacher as well as a supposedly quintessential town council employee.

scholarly journals Contemporary Problems of Political Transformation in Modern Germany

2020 ◽  
pp. 700-716
Author(s):  
Andrii Kudriachenko ◽  
Viktoriia Soloshenko
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Party System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Social Democrats ◽  
Political Party System ◽  
Post War

The article states that the political party system formed on the constitutional basis of the Basic Law of Germany is one of the key pillars of democracy of the German state. The Western German-style political party system, based on a substantial legal framework, political culture, and traditions, has convincingly proved its democratic spirit and viability over several decades of the post-war period. The effectiveness of this system was ensured by the presence of the two large parties, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats. The attractiveness of their policy priorities, broad political activity, and statist approaches made it possible to displace other, less influential, parties. The effectiveness and viability of the political party system of Germany are also proven by the course of the process of restoring the country’s state unity. The current period is characterised by systemic crisis phenomena, which have not spared German major parties. These processes are also taking place in other European countries, as previously stable parties transform over time into an idiosyncratic kind of political and technological institutions. For them, short-term success is a priority and is defined by the number of votes cast, rather than the focus on robust principles and visions of the future. However, it may be fair to claim that the whole previous experience testifies to the creativity of the political party system of post-war Germany, thus making the modern Federal Republic of Germany able to cope with contemporary problems and challenges. This is – and will be – buttressed by time and new approaches pursued by politicians, experts, and scholars as well as the previous practice of reaching compromises and social concord in the name of national interests. The political party system was and remains an important constituent of the entire state and political system of Germany. Keywords: political party system, Federal Republic of Germany, state system, Germany, Christian Democrats, Social Democrats.

scholarly journals Sprachliche Entfremdung als Phänomen des Umbruchs in der früheren DDR

Literator ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-168
Author(s):  
H. Ester
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
German Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Political ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Political Unification ◽  
Western Side ◽  
Insight Into

Linguistic alienation as phenomenon of the transformation in the erstwhile DDRThe Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic have not yet grown into a coherent unity since the political unification of the two 'Germanies' in 1990. The reason for the lack of sympathy and the irritations on both sides possibly lies in the fact that the actual developments did not meet the general expectations during the first years after 1990. The thesis of my article is that the more profound reasons for the alienation between the western and the eastern part of Germany can be found in the little interest on the western side for the developments in the GDR from 1949 until the fall of the Wall in 1989. The lack of interest in the forty years of the GDR’s existence finds its expression in the alienation of language. In order to improve communication between the Germans of both spheres, the reading of literary texts from the former GDR by members of the entire new Federal Republic of Germany can be a reconcilliatory device. In this way the reader can obtain insight into forty years of history.

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