Of one's own conscience - The Walser-Bubis debate and the place of National Socialism in the self-image of the Federal Republic of Germany

Authors
Eshel, A
Citation
A. Eshel, Of one's own conscience - The Walser-Bubis debate and the place of National Socialism in the self-image of the Federal Republic of Germany, DEUT VIER L, 74(2), 2000, pp. 333-360
Citations number
79
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
DEUTSCHE VIERTELJAHRSSCHRIFT FUR LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND GEISTESGESCHICHTE
ISSN journal
00120936 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
333 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-0936(200006)74:2<333:OOOC-T>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A reading of Martin Walser's autobiographical novel, Ein Springender Brunne n, and of major aspects of the Walser-Bubis debate (1998) as parts of the b roader dispute over the commemoration of National Socialism and the politic s of memory in the contemporary German culture and its public sphere.