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Drang nach Osten

Fortunes of a Slogan-concept in German-Slavic Relations, 1849-1990

Henry Cord Meyer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

1996
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-906755-93-9 (ISBN)

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lt;i>Drang nach Osten is a phrase well-known in the Slavic, French and Anglo-Saxon world. But the Germans, who are supposed to have originated the term to express their drive to subjugate the Slavs, do not use it. Indeed, they vigorously denounce the concept as a hostile fabrication of their enemies. How, and where, did this household expression originate? By what means, and to what areas, did it spread? Using library resources in America, London, Paris, Marburg, Helsinki and Vienna, Henry Cord Meyer traces the development of the slogan from a corner of ethnic conflict in old imperial Russia to its world-wide use today. Finally, he addresses the strange German reluctance to come to grips psychologically with these intellectual circumstances. More than just an aspect of German-Slav interaction, this book is also a rare and painstaking inquiry into the socio-political process by which a local catchword is transformed into a broadly-held historical concept.

The Author: Henry Cord Meyer, born at Chicago USA, has been professionally active since 1939. He holds degrees from the universities of Colorado (1935), Iowa (1937), and Yale (1941) and several honorary doctorates. During World War II he was a research analyst at the Office of Strategic Services. He has been professor of history at several American colleges and universities, most recently at the University of California, Irvine. His major works include Mitteleuropa in German Thought and Action, 1915-1945 (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1955; The Long Generation: Germany from Empire to Ruin, 1913-1945 (New York: Harper & Row, 1973); and Airshipmen, Businessmen, and Politics, 1890-1940 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991).

«Meyer analyses in detail the many changes in the conception and use of 'Drang nach Osten'. Above all, he demonstrates clearly the historical importance of slogans of this kind. His book is a model of what has come to be called 'Begriffsgeschichte'.» (Norman Rich, Central European History)
«Ein wichtiger Beitrag zum komplexen Feld der deutsch-slawischen Beziehungen.» (Wolfdieter Bihl, Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung)

«Meyer analyses in detail the many changes in the conception and use of 'Drang nach Osten'. Above all, he demonstrates clearly the historical importance of slogans of this kind. His book is a model of what has come to be called 'Begriffsgeschichte'.» (Norman Rich, Central European History) «Ein wichtiger Beitrag zum komplexen Feld der deutsch-slawischen Beziehungen.» (Wolfdieter Bihl, Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.1996
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Gewicht	220 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Schlagworte	1849 • 1990 • Concept • Conceptual History • Cord • Drang • ethnic conflict • fortunes • German • German-Slav interaction • Hardcover, Softcover / Geschichte/20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945) • HC/Geschichte/20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945) • Henry • Meyer • nach • Osten • Relations • Slavic • Slogan
ISBN-10	3-906755-93-2 / 3906755932
ISBN-13	978-3-906755-93-9 / 9783906755939
Zustand	Neuware