{"product_id":"sweden-after-nazism-politics-and-culture-in-the-wake-of-the-second-world-war-9781785331428","title":"Sweden after Nazism: Politics and Culture in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This book] offers a wealth of detail and a nuanced read of the intersecting political and philosophical currents that characterized postwar Sweden. For those interested in the philosophical impact of Nazism, it is a must read… Essential.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This important work will reward those readers prepared to invest in taking on board what are, at times, new concepts, combined with detailed scrutiny of perhaps unfamiliar aspects of Swedish history and personalities—in order to harvest an abundance of perceptive insights and critical assessments. This book challenges more pedestrian treatments of the Nazi phenomenon and its effects on other countries with sound, first-class, wide-ranging scholarship.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• English Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This study makes a generous contribution to our understanding of segments of Sweden’s intellectual and political postwar response to the catastrophe of Nazism and, with it, Europe more generally today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The American Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePrologue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Sword of Damocles over the Age in Which We Live\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nazism and the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Experience of Nazism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nazism as Stigma\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ideas of 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Autumn\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Lessons of Nazism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex of Persons\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042353873239,"sku":"9781785331428","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785331428.jpg?v=1750953989","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sweden-after-nazism-politics-and-culture-in-the-wake-of-the-second-world-war-9781785331428","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}