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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Prof. Jason Crouthamel (Grand Valley State University, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9781350083707ISBN 10: 1350083704 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 18 November 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements A Note on the Text List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. “Gott Mit Uns”: Hegemonic Religious Ideals, Emotions and Mobilizing for War 2. God and the ‘Spirit of 1914’: Religiosity of Ordinary Soldiers and Civilians at the Outbreak of the War 3. Processing Trauma: Nerves, Religious Language and Coping with Violence 4. “Where is God?” The Brutalization of Faith in the Front Experience 5. Diagnosing Religious Beliefs: Contemporary Scientific and Popular Debates over the Spiritual-Psychological Effects of the War 6. Alternative Beliefs in the Trenches: Superstitions, Gods and Monsters, and Religious Humor 7. Spiritual Subjectivities: Constructing New Beliefs Out of Total War Epilogue: Defeat, Revolution and Aftermath Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsHow did ordinary soldiers cope with the bloody traumas of the First World War? Jason Crouthamel shows how they sought meaning from religion and spirituality. He encourages readers to think about the hopes of German soldiers as they encountered unimaginable terror. This is a book to transform the way we think about human resilience and despair. * Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * Crouthamel's fine study shows how religious life in Germany between 1914 and 1918 was a rich amalgam of beliefs, hope and fantasy braided together by ordinary people to help them survive the unbearable strain of living through the Great War. The state did not create this efflorescence of religious practices and images. They emerged from within a society pushed to the limits of emotional endurance and beyond. * Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University, USA * Crouthamel has constructed a rich history of religion and religiosity during the First World War, not only 'from above', but also and especially 'from below'. His book carefully demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of the experience of this war on German soldiers. Crouthamel shows how both religion and alternative systems of belief were utilised by German soldiers at the front. His book displays both great breadth and depth in its coverage, using memoirs, diaries and letters extremely effectively to offer an important perspective on the experiential trauma of the First World War * Lisa Pine, Author of Hitler's 'National Community': Society and Culture in Nazi Germany * How did ordinary soldiers cope with the bloody traumas of the First World War? Jason Crouthamel shows how they sought meaning from religion and spirituality. He encourages readers to think about the hopes of German soldiers as they encountered unimaginable terror. This is a book to transform the way we think about human resilience and despair. * Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * Crouthamel's fine study shows how religious life in Germany between 1914 and 1918 was a rich amalgam of beliefs, hope and fantasy braided together by ordinary people to help them survive the unbearable strain of living through the Great War. The state did not create this efflorescence of religious practices and images. They emerged from within a society pushed to the limits of emotional endurance and beyond. * Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University, USA * Author InformationJason Crouthamel is Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, USA. He is the author of An Intimate History of the Front: Masculinity, Sexuality and Ordinary German Soldiers in the First World War (2014) and The Great War and German Memory: Society, Politics and Psychological Trauma (2009). He has also co-edited, along with Peter Leese, Psychological Trauma and the Legacy of the First World War (2016) and Traumatic Memories of the Second World War and After (2016). He recently co-edited, with Julia B. Köhne and Peter Leese, Languages of Trauma: History, Memory and Media (2021). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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