(Re)Centring the Weimar Republic

University of Toronto Press

(Re)Centring the Weimar RepublicAuthor(s): Katharina Clausius, Claudia Clausius\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487560089, 978-1487560089\nSynopsis\n(Re)Centring the Weimar Republic explores how centrist German politicians and intellectuals sought to foster stability and cooperation during the interwar period.\nIn contrast to the persistent image of a democracy hollowed out by divisiveness and political extremism, this book offers a new perspective on the Republics efforts to define and hold an ambitious and productive middle ground. Leading scholars and cultural practitioners from the fields of history, German studies, philosophy, literary studies, and music document the progressive activities of the Weimar Republics centre to answer the question: how can political centrism employ social, cultural, and democratic institutions to resist polarization and extremism? This books three sections reveal h.