German and American Nationalism: A Comparative Perspective

Abstract

Introduction, Hermann Wellenreuther nationalism and civil rights, Ernst Benda. Part 1 The political nation - republicanism and monarchism as embodiments and fulfillments of the nation: Sessional papers - ideology and nationalism on the eve of the American Revolution, revisions once more in need of revising, T.H. Breen monarchism as national ideology, Peter Burg comment, James H. Hutson and Volker Depkat discussion. Part 2 National symbols and representations of the nation in literature, architecture and the arts: Sessional papers - nationbuilding and nation-buildings, Washington art and architecture and the symbols of American nationalism, Dietmar Schirmer culture as an expression of nationalist values in Germany, Rudigervom Bruch comment, Sander Gilman and Ute Schneider discussion. Part 3 The nation at war - defensive and offensive modes of national self-assertion: Sessional papers- the logic of colonial violence, Germany in Southwest Africa (1904-1907), the United States in the Philippines (1899-1902), Helmut Walser Smith the nation at arms, concepts of nationalism and war in Germany, 1866-1914, Stig Forster comment, Peter Loewenberg and Ralf Proeve discussion. Part 4 National past and national future - the writing of national history: Sessional papers - the renaissance of the nation state and the historians, Wolfgang J. Mommsen the redefinition of America in the 20th century, John Higham comment, Peter Burke et al discussion. Part 5 Political and social movements supporting and opposing nationalism: Sessional papers - nationalism and social protest in America, Anne Firor Scott youth movements as national protest cultures in germany, Peter Brandt ethnic American nationalism, Wilson J. Moses comment, Thomas J. Curan and Norbert Finzsch discussion.