Theory of the Post-War Periods : Observations on Franco-German Relations since 1945

by Sloterdijk, Peter; Muller, Klaus-Dieter; Payne, Robert

• ISBN13: 9783211799130
• ISBN10: 3211799133
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

"A new cultural-theoretical approach is used to develop a philosophy to overcome post-war traumata, or the traumatization effects that affect entire national cultures. The new aspect is the book's study of both France and Germany in its discussion of post-war issues, The reader is given insights into the approaches France and Germany took in their self-evaluation processes. In one case the issue is the admission of total humiliation, and in the other it is salvaging a certain sense of national honor. The book overcomes the speechlessness on the post-war issue that can still be observed in German/French philosophy today."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Europe, post-historical	p. 8
Heiner Muhlmann's Maximal-Stress-Cooperation-Theory	p. 12
Europe after Napoleon	p. 15
Italy 1918: Falsification of the results of War, politics in a big way	p. 18
France 1945: The double falsification	p. 21
Germany 1945: Metanoia	p. 27
France 2007: Imperial temptation and the implosion of the left-wing	p. 30
Germany 2007: The idiot of the European family in the phase of normalisation - the Walser Affair	p. 36
Happy disassociation: Polemological prospects	p. 44
About the Author	p. 50
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