Title Russia in the German global imaginary : imperial visions and utopian desires, 1905-1941 / James E. Casteel

Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies Contents Part I. Nationhood and Imperial Rivalry through World War I -- Suffering and Salvation : Intellectual and Cultural Origins -- Locating Russia in a World of Nations and Empires : Nineteenth-Century Intellectual Discourse -- "America" in Asia : Siberia and German Experts on Russia from Peace to War -- Part II. Re-mapping "the East" between the Wars -- "Asia Awakes" : The Rhetoric of Colonization in Interwar German Travel Accounts -- Siberia and Visions of Continental Empire -- Germanizing "the East" : Imagining Ethnic Germans in the Soviet Union Summary "This book traces transformations in German views of Russia in the first half of the twentieth century, leading up to the disastrous German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Casteel shows how Russia figured in the imperial visions and utopian desires of a variety of Germans, including scholars, journalists, travel writers, government and military officials, as well as nationalist activists. He illuminates the ambiguous position that Russia occupied in Germans' global imaginary as both an imperial rival and an object of German power. During the interwar years in particular, Russia, now under Soviet rule, became a site onto which Germans projected their imperial ambitions and expectations for the future, as well as their worst anxieties about modernity. Casteel shows how the Nazis drew on this cultural repertoire to construct their own devastating vision of racial imperialism"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Racism -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Competition -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Utopias -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Imperialism -- History -- 20th century Public opinion -- Germany -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany. HISTORY -- General. Diplomatic relations Imperialism Public opinion Public opinion, German Racism -- Political aspects Russlandbild. SUBJECT Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054520 Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054518 Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1888-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054516 Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion, German Russia -- Foreign public opinion, German Subject Germany Russia Soviet Union Deutschland. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016007507 ISBN 0822981351 9780822981350

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