Title:	East German Intellectuals and the Unification of Germany An Ethnographic View
Authors:	Bednarz, Dan
Keywords:	An Ethnographic View
Issue Date:	2017
Description:	When East Germany (the GDR, German Democratic Republic) ceased to exist after its October 3, 1990, unification with West Germany (the FRG, FederalRepublicofGermany),almostallEastGermanintelligentsiafeltlike the flotsam of history. IntheWest,mostweretypifiedasill-,un-,ormis-educatedapologistsfor theSocialist UnityParty (the Party)that hadcontrolledtheGDRduring its four-and-a-half-decade history. According to this view, few were genuine intellectuals or artists because they were not devoted to the honest study, use, or expression of ideas and emotions. Instead, they were, in the West, presumed apparatchiksof theSocialistParty that ruled the GDR. That is, in West Germany, they were regarded, with few exceptions, as either feral children or propagandists, not scientists and scholars. Concomitantly, an unknown number of them were suspected of spying on their colleagues, friends,andevenfamilymembersatthebehestoftheStasi,theEastGerman state security apparatus.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/19949
ISBN:	978-3-319-42951-9
Appears in Collections:	Gender

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