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Dictatorship As Experience Towards a Socio-Cultural History of the GDR

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. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by stressing the tensions and contradictions within the East German system that combined both aspects by using dictatorial means to achieve its eman.

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  • "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. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by stressing the tensions and contradictions within the East German system that combined both aspects by using dictatorial means to achieve its eman."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
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  • "Conference papers and proceedings"
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  • "History"
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  • "Dictatorship As Experience Towards a Socio-Cultural History of the GDR"@en
  • "Dictatorship as experience towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR ; [the essays in this collection originated in a Conference on "The GDR, a Modern Dictatorship?" held in Potsdam, December 1997]"
  • "Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR"@en
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  • "Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR"
  • "Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR : [papers of the conference on "The GDR : a modern dictatorship ?" held in Potsdam, December 1997]"
  • "Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR ; [the essays in this collection originated in a conference on "The GDR - a Modern Dictatorship?" held in Potsdam during early December of 1997]"
  • "Dictatorship as experience towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR"@en

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