Wolf Guido: Nation ohne Volk - A Nation Under Construction

Produktbeschreibung

The stories of nationalisms are often told like
archetypal fairy-tales. There are the heroes (members
of some national elite), the foes (the alien or
feudal oppressors), and the maidens to be won (the
various peoples). After the happy end, and a happy
end there usually is, the heroes and
their wives live happily in their little house called
nation.
The story told here is somewhat different. The plan
to create a separate nation in the German Democratic
Republic (GDR) between 1970 and 1989 failed; there is
no new nation.
This book traces the development and the propagation
of the GDR nation, through education materials and
archive sources, from before 1970 until state's end
in 1990. Primary sources are textbooks for
'Staatsbürgerkunde' (lit. State s Citizens Education)
as well as for History lessons.
'A Nation Under Construction' provides a unique
insight in a failed nationalisation project. Students
of communist societies, especially their education
systems, will find this book a helpful case study in
propaganda - however unsuccessful it turned out to be. The stories of nationalisms are often told like archetypal fairy-tales. There are the heroes (members of some national elite), the foes (the alien or feudal oppressors), and the maidens to be won (the various peoples). After the happy end, and a happy end there usually is, the heroes and their wives live happily in their little house called nation. The story told here is somewhat different. The plan to create a separate nation in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) between 1970 and 1989 failed; there is no new nation. This book traces the development and the propagation of the GDR nation, through education materials and archive sources, from before 1970 until state's end in 1990. Primary sources are textbooks for 'Staatsbürgerkunde' (lit. State's Citizens Education) as well as for History lessons. 'A Nation Under Construction' provides a unique insight in a failed nationalisation project. Students of communist societies, especially their education systems, will find this book a helpful case study in propaganda - however unsuccessful it turned out to be. 

Autoreninfo

Dr. Guido Wolf studierte Kommunikationsforschung und Phonetik an der Universität Bonn und promovierte mit der hier angezeigten Arbeit bei Prof. Dr. Johann Georg Juchem, Institut für Kommunikationsforschung und Phonetik an der Universität Bonn. Er ist Gründer und Leiter von conex. Institut für Consulting, Training, Management Support, Bonn.