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The Discursive Construction of History

Remembering the Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Ruth Wodak

    1. Wodak, United Kingdom

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  2. Steven Fligelstone
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  3. W. Manoschek
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  4. A. Pollak
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  5. Hannes Heer
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Keywords

  • Austria
  • discourse
  • history
  • Holocaust
  • politics
  • World War II

About this book

How do democratic and pluralistic societies cope with traumatic events in their past? This interdisciplinary volume analyzes in detail for the first time the history and image of the German 'Wehrmacht' and the debates in Austria and Germany surrounding two highly contested exhibitions about the war crimes of the 'Wehrmacht' during World War II.

Reviews

'Ruth Wodak and her interdisciplinary team shed light on the Wehrmacht crimes during WWII as well as their subsequent reception and representation. The volume gives an excellent overview of this important part of the history and aftermath of the Holocaust. Its specific layout and structure can also serve as a paradigm for comparable studies.' - Dirk Rupnow, Forum: Qualitative Social Research

...the questions of collective memory and public discourse raised in these empirical studies are...of the highest importance...This book, rich in detail and ethical clarity, deserves a wide readership.' - John D.H. Downing, Southern Illinois University, Discourse and Society

'...an accomplished collection of articles written on a high level with findings of scholarly interest.' -Jewish Political Studies Review

'The book under review is welcome as a contribution to the history of the exhibition in particular and thus of German "memory politics" in general, as well as to discourse analysis and historical society. It is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking volume.' - Journal of Genocide Research

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wodak, United Kingdom

    Ruth Wodak

About the authors

SABINE LOITFELLNER is a historian and Research Fellow at the Austrian Research Centre for Postwar Trials (FS&N) GUENTHER SANDNER is Director of the Austrian Science Fund(FWF)-supported research project 'Democratisation of Knowledge: Otto Neurath's Project in the Context of Different Scientific Cultures'. HEIDEMARIE UHL is a historian and fellow in the research programme 'Places of Commemoration' at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Discursive Construction of History

  • Book Subtitle: Remembering the Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation

  • Authors: Ruth Wodak, Steven Fligelstone, W. Manoschek, A. Pollak, Hannes Heer, Ruth Wodak

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-01323-0Published: 12 February 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 331

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