Sweden after Nazism
Subtitle: politics and culture in the wake of the Second World War
By: Johan Östling ; translated by Peter Graves
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781785331428; 9781785331435
Subjects: Politics and government; Politics and culture; National socialism; Influence; Social change; Relations; World War, 1939-1945; War and society; Nazis; History
Work titles: Nazismens sensmoral
Description: "As a nominally neutral power during the Second World War, Sweden in the early postwar era has received comparatively little attention from historians. Nonetheless, as this definitive study shows, the war--and particularly the specter of Nazism--changed Swedish society profoundly. Prior to 1939, many Swedes shared an unmistakable affinity for German culture, and even after the outbreak of hostilities there remained prominent apologists for the Third Reich. After the Allied victory, however, Swedish intellectuals reframed Nazism as a discredited, distinctively German phenomenon rooted in militarism and Romanticism. Accordingly, Swedes' self-conception underwent a dramatic reformulation. From this interplay of suppressed traditions and bright dreams for the future, postwar Sweden emerged"--From publisher's website.
Notes: Originally published as Nazismens sensmoral : Svenska erfarenheter i andra världskrigets efterdyning (Stockholm : Atlantis, 2008).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A sword of Damocles over the age in which we live; title: I. Nazism and the twentieth century; title: II. The experience of Nazism; title: III. Nazism as stigma; title: IV. The ideas of 1945; title: V. German autumn; title: VI. The lessons of Nazism; title: Index of persons.