GRMN6685A-L15
Weimar Germany (1919-1933)
Weimar Germany (1919-1933): Challenges of a Young Democracy
From its very beginning, the Weimar Republic was in jeopardy as political extremist forces aimed at destabilizing the fragile republic. Yet, this precarious democracy also became the fertile breeding ground for a veritable explosion of new ideas in the arts, culture, the sciences, and society that shaped modernism in major and lasting ways. This course will retrace the conflict-ridden and fascinating developments in Germany between 1919 and 1933 and try to answer the question what led to the ultimate failure of this first German experiment with democracy.
Required texts:
Mai, Gunther: Die Weimarer Republik. München 2014. [2. Auflage].
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Hg.): Weimarer Republik [=Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: Informationen zur politischen Bildung 261/2011]
Course reader
From its very beginning, the Weimar Republic was in jeopardy as political extremist forces aimed at destabilizing the fragile republic. Yet, this precarious democracy also became the fertile breeding ground for a veritable explosion of new ideas in the arts, culture, the sciences, and society that shaped modernism in major and lasting ways. This course will retrace the conflict-ridden and fascinating developments in Germany between 1919 and 1933 and try to answer the question what led to the ultimate failure of this first German experiment with democracy.
Required texts:
Mai, Gunther: Die Weimarer Republik. München 2014. [2. Auflage].
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Hg.): Weimarer Republik [=Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: Informationen zur politischen Bildung 261/2011]
Course reader
- Term:
- Summer 2015 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- LaForce 121(LAF 121)
- Schedule:
- 8:00am-8:50am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jul 2, 2015 to Aug 14, 2015)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Andreas Kossert
- Subject:
- German
- Department:
- German
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Area Studies
- Levels:
- Non-degree, Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60572
- Subject Code:
- GRMN
- Course Number:
- 6685
- Section Identifier:
- A