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Politik der ,Glückskulturen' NS-Deutschland und die Schweiz, 1933-1945

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Knowledge about "happiness" means power. For the self-portrayal of a nation and its moral system, knowledge about happiness can be used and reinterpreted as an emotional-political instrument of power. Isabelle Haffter demonstrates the constructedness of happiness knowledge by examining exa...

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Main Author: Haffter, Isabelle (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
Subjects:
Social & cultural history
Psychology: emotions
Fascism & Nazism
History of science
National Socialism
History of emotion
Happiness
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Summary:Knowledge about "happiness" means power. For the self-portrayal of a nation and its moral system, knowledge about happiness can be used and reinterpreted as an emotional-political instrument of power. Isabelle Haffter demonstrates the constructedness of happiness knowledge by examining examples from politics, science and the performing arts as part of a transnational history of knowledge and emotions about cultural nationalisms.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (639 p.)
ISBN:9783110661439
9783110657456
9783110657609
Access:Open Access

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