Visions of the Future in Germany and America

Hermann Wellenreuther, Norbert Finzsch (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

566 Seiten

2001
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-85973-521-3 (ISBN)

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Predictions about the world have the power to grip whole societies, and shape the actions of many groups whether working in politics, ecology or religion. At the end of epochs and eras humans tend to reflect on the shape of things to come. Most recently, fears about the 'millennium bug' had thousands rushing to stock up on candles and food in the weeks before New Year's Eve. Concerns about the future have been expressed differently throughout history. This book explores the historical context surrounding various debates, decisions and beliefs about the future in recent centuries. Religious, political, literary and ecological visions of the future in America and Germany are addressed comparatively. In particular, scholars from the United States and Germany explore the meaning of eschatological and utopian thoughts pursued during the last three centuries and tackle subjects ranging from science fiction to religious radicalism, utopian social experiments, and visions of race relations.
This book delves into the hopes and fears for the future that have shaped the past and will be of interest to comparative historians as well as to historians of Europe and the United States intrigued by the subject of utopias.

Norbert Finzsch Professor of Anglo-American History and Chair of Department,University of Cologne Hermann Wellenreuther Chair of Early Modern History, Georg-August-University, Gottingen

Visions of the Future in Germany and America Edited by Hermann Wellenreuther and Norbert Finzsch Contents Introduction Norbert Finzsch (University of Hamburg) Transatlantic Millenarianism from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Pictism and Methodism: Religious Radicalism and the Transatlantic Migration of the Pious Gregg A. Roeber (Pennsylvania State University) American Dreams and American Dreamers in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries William R. Hutchison (Harvard University) Millenarian Churches in the Twentieth Century Grant Wacker (Duke University) Comment David Ellis Aaron Fogleman Visions of the New World Order The US Quest for a Global Pax Americana: Myths and Realities Paul T. Burlin (University of New England) Weltpolitik or Self-Containment: Germany's Global Ambitions Gunther Hellmann (Technische Hochschule Darmstadt) Comment Beverly Crawford Ralph Dietl Utopian Communities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Utopian Social Experiments in the Twentieth Century James B. Gilbert (University of Maryland) Broken Utopias: Visions of the Social Order in Modern Germany Paul Nolte (Universitat Bielefeld) Comment Martin Geyer Ursula Lehmkuhl The Future Society Envisioned Homogeneous versus Multicultural Concepts of Society Dietmar Schirmer (Cornell University) Future Blues: Race Relations in the United States Leon Litwack (University of California, Berkeley) Volksgemeinschaft in the Third Reich: Concession, Conflict, Consensus Maria Mitchell (Franklin and Marshall College) The New Deal as a Model of a Utopian Society Olaf Stieglitz (Universitat Bremen) Comment Dirk Moses Heiko Stoff Science Fiction, Social Construction and New Realities Different Drafts of Future Horizons: Weird Science versus Nick, der Raumfahrer Olc Frahm (Universitat Hamburg) The Environment and the Apocalypse Susan Strasser (University of Delaware) Science Fiction and Gender Susan Winnett (Universitat Hamburg) Comment Luigi Cajani Select Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2001
Reihe/Serie	Krefeld Historical Symposia Series
Zusatzinfo	bibliography, index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-85973-521-5 / 1859735215
ISBN-13	978-1-85973-521-3 / 9781859735213
Zustand	Neuware