Dictatorship as experience
Subtitle: towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR
By: edited by Konrad H. Jarausch; translated by Eve Duffy.
Contributors: Jarausch, Konrad Hugo.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: Dictatorship -- Germany (East) -- Congresses.; Communism -- Germany (East) -- History -- Congresses.; Political culture -- Germany (East) -- Congresses.; Germany (East) -- Social conditions -- Congresses.; Germany (East) -- Social policy -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "A decade after the collapse of communism, this volume presents a historical reflection on the perplexing nature of the East German dictatorship. In contrast to most political rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle ground between totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressive features of the SED regime, and apologetics of the socialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of daily lives."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-381) and index.
"The essays in this collection originated in a conference on 'The GDR--a modern dictatorship?' held in Potsdam during early December of 1997 ..."--Pref.