German by virtue of others: The search for identity in three debates

Cultural Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-274

  Feldman, Regina M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

German unification debate; Goldhagen debate; Historians' Debate; Post war German identity; Repetition with change; Self other dichotomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044243508     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950238032000071721     Document Type: Article

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