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Edinburgh German Yearbook 8: New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism, and the Shoah

Edinburgh German Yearbook 8: New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism, and the Shoah

Davies, Peter
Hammel, Andrea

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh German Yearbook, Book 8

Literary CriticismLinguisticsGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1571135979
ISBN13: 9781571135971
Publisher: Camden House Inc
Published: Nov 28 2014
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
New perspectives on the relationship - or the perceived relationship - between the German language and the causes, nature, and legacy of National Socialism and the Shoah.

There is seemingly no escaping the association of the language of Goethe with the language of Hitler: the two leaden clichés seem to be inseparable, suggesting a Sonderweg between enlightened sophistication and subtle beauty on the one hand and linguistic barbarism on the other. Victor Klemperer suggested that the Lingua Tertii Imperii was a perversion of German that needed to be purged from the language, but does the notion of Nazi language as an identifiably separate entity really hold water, or does it only reflect a desire to construct a clear demarcation line between Germans and Nazis? What new linguistic, literary, or historical perspectives are availableon the functioning of language during and after the Third Reich? Must German always be the language of the perpetrators, entailing a constant state of heightened self-awareness or vigilance against contamination, or is neutral, objective speech about National Socialism possible in German?

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