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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casteel, James E., author.

Series:

Series in Russian and East European studies.

Russian and East European studies (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--Germany--History--20th century.

Public opinion.

Racism--Political aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Racism.

Competition--Political aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Competition.

Utopias--Political aspects--History--20th century.

Utopias.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Russia--Foreign public opinion, German.

Russia.

Soviet Union--Foreign public opinion, German.

Soviet Union.

Germany--Foreign relations--1888-1918.

Germany.

Germany--Foreign relations--1918-1933.

Germany--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822981350

0822981351

OCLC:

962065602