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Paperback German Angst: Fear and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany Book

ISBN: 0192867873

ISBN13: 9780192867872

German Angst: Fear and Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany

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German Angst analyses the relationship between fear and democracy in postwar West Germany. While fear and anxiety have historically been associated with authoritarian regimes, Frank Biess demonstrates the ambivalent role of these emotions in a democratizing society: in West Germany, fear and anxiety both undermined democracy and stabilized it. By taking seriously postwar Germans' uncertainties about the future, this study challenges dominant linear...

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