Politics and Guilt: The Destructive Power of Silence

by Gesine Schwan

Politics and Guilt sheds new light on our understanding of the pervasive psychological and cultural effects of Nazism by examining the power of guilt in modern Germany. Usually seen as a psychological and intensely personal phenomenon, the effect of guilt on the collective arena of politics has been downplayed or misunderstood by many political scientists. Taking issue with Hannah Arendt, Daniel Goldhagen, and Hermann L bbe, Gesine Schwan argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803242808
• ISBN13: 9780803242807
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"