German Politics and Society
Aims & Scope
Editor: Jeffrey J. Anderson, Georgetown University
German Politics and Society is a joint publication of the BMW Center for German and European Studies (of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University) and all North American universities featuring programs and centers of German and European studies associated with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). These centers are represented by their directors on the journal's Editorial Committee.
German Politics and Society is a peer-reviewed journal published and distributed by Berghahn Journals. It is the only American publication that explores issues in modern Germany from the combined perspectives of the social sciences, history, and cultural studies.
The journal provides a forum for critical analysis and debate about politics, history, film, literature, visual arts, and popular culture in contemporary Germany. Every issue includes contributions by renowned scholars commenting on recent books about Germany.
Subjects: German Studies, Politics, Sociology, History, Economics, Cultural Studies
Current Issue, Winter 2011
Volume 29 • Issue 4 • 2011
ARTICLES
Perspectives on Postwar Silence: Psychoanalysis, Political Philosophy, and Economic Theory
Jakob Norberg
Democracy, Community, and Modernity: Lessons from Jeremias Gotthelf's Die Käserei in der Vehfreude
Peter Meilaender
Heimat without Qualities: Sprachkritik in the “Miracle Years”
Yuliya Komska
FORUM
Why Do German and U.S. Reactions to the Financial Crisis Differ?
Stephen J. Silvia
Perennial Anti-Americanism in Germany? Critical comments on Ruth Hatlapa’s and Andrei S. Markovits’ “Obamamania and Anti-Americanism as Complementary Concepts”
Stefan Immerfall
Response to Stefan Immerfall
Ruth Hatlapa and Andrei S. Markovits
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