{"product_id":"germany-from-the-outside-laurie-ruth-johnson-9781501375903","title":"Germany from the Outside: Rethinking German Cultural History in an Age of Displacement","description":"The nation-state is a European invention of the 18th and 19th centuries. In the case of the German nation in particular, this invention was tied closely to the idea of a homogeneous German culture with a strong normative function. As a consequence, histories of German culture and literature often are told from the inside-as the unfolding of a canon of works representing certain core values, with which every person who considers him or herself \"German\" necessarily must identify. But what happens if we describe German culture and its history from the outside? And as something heterogeneous, shaped by multiple and diverse sources, many of which are not obviously connected to things traditionally considered \"German\"? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEmphasizing current issues of migration, displacement, systemic injustice, and belonging, \u003ci\u003e Germany from the Outside\u003c\/i\u003e explores new opportunities for understanding and shaping community at a time when many are questioning the ability of cultural practices to effect structural change. Located at the nexus of cultural, political, historiographical, and philosophical discourses, the essays in this volume inform discussions about next directions for German Studies and for the Humanities in a fraught era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Ruth Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501375903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501375903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Laurie Ruth Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071533412607,"sku":"9781501375903","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_234e6baa-7ccd-4815-a36f-aba5f4fd5fc0.jpg?v=1685436666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/germany-from-the-outside-laurie-ruth-johnson-9781501375903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}