Concepts of Culture takes an interdisciplinary approach to conceptual history, broadening the scope of Reinhart Koselleck’s original undertaking through a series of experimental case studies in “applied conceptual history.” Drawing on contributors from art history, comparative literature, cultural studies, German studies, and history, the book o  ers theoretically grounded applications of conceptual history to cultural concepts, demonstrating both the plasticity and the urgency of the conc...

A provocative novel about growing up in Nazi Germany, as seen through the eyes of a child witnessing the spread of intolerance and political unrest in his town.An Ordinary Youth is a novel drawn directly from the author's boyhood in Nazi Germany. Nine-year-old Walter's family is moving house when the novel opens, but Walter's main concerns are his tin soldiers and his older brother’s jazz records, his father’s fluctuating moods, and his mother’s ministrati...

A provocative novel about growing up in Nazi Germany, as seen through the eyes of a child witnessing the spread of intolerance and political unrest in his town.An Ordinary Youth is a novel drawn directly from the author's boyhood in Nazi Germany. Nine-year-old Walter's family is moving house when the novel opens, but Walter's main concerns are his tin soldiers and his older brother's jazz records, his father's fluctuating moods, and his mother's ministrati...