Decentring the German Spirit

The Weimar Republic's Cultural Relations with Latin America

Bibliographic Data

ID10076827
AuthorsMichael Goebel (0000-0002-1556-8227, European University Institute, Florence, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume44
Issue2
Pages221-245
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022009408101249
OpenAlexW2100378286
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article analyses the Weimar Republic's cultural relations with Latin America. Based on diplomatic correspondence and the writings of Latin American intellectuals who visited Weimar Germany, the article combines an exploration of the goals and methods of Germany's official foreign cultural policy towards the region with a brief examination of the varied ways in which the supposed recipients of these policies approached German culture. The key argument is that the limited capacities of official cultural policy created space for a large number of actors who pursued divergent interests when appropriating or trying to spread German ideas in Latin America

Argument (complex analysis · Economic history · Foreign policy · German · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Weimar Republic · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · International Labor and Employment Law · Law · Spanish History and Politics

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