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(0)Riccardo Bavaj
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Der "Westen" gehört zu den bedeutendsten Begriffen des internationalen politischen Vokabulars im 20. Jahrhundert. An der langen Jahrhundertwende wurde er in Europa und den USA in markanter Weise geprägt: als Begriff der kolonialen Zivilisierungsmission und als Gegenpart zu einem mit dem russischen Autokratismus assoziierten "Osten". Im "Westen" verorteten die imperialen Großmächte ihre angeblich überlegene "Zivilisation"; mit ihrer proklamierten...
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Transatlantic democracy in the 20th century - this concept goes beyond the idea of an American civilizing mission in Europe after two World Wars, and certainly beyond the notion of re-educating Germans, and making them fit for Western institutions after Nazism. As democracy is being contested anew in the beginning of the 21st century, a much more complicated landscape of democracy since 1900 emerges. Transfer was not a one-way-street, and patterns...
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2025]
Description
The "West" is a central concept in public discourse, but its meaning is often unclear and open to manifold interpretations and ascriptions of belonging and exclusion: Who is part of the "West"? When and where is it located? How did its meaning change over space and time? Who are the mediators of the "West" and what is their interest in terms of culture and education? The "West" is often used without any critical questioning, though. This is also reflected...