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German Images of the Self and the Other

Nationalist, Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Discourse 1871-1918

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Authors:
  1. Felicity Rash

    1. Queen Mary University of London, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Methodological Framework

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 1-19

  3. Self-identity, Otherness and Nationalism

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 20-49

  4. Racism in Discourse

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 50-80

  5. Anti-Semitism in Discourse

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 81-129

  6. Colonialism in Discourse

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 130-168

  7. Discourse in War-Time

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 169-201

  8. Conclusion

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 202-204

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 205-222
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About this book

This book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the nationalist discourses of the German Second Reich, which most effectively demonstrate the contrasting images of the German Self and its various Others, such as Jews, native Africans, gypsies and the enemy Other during the First World War.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen Mary University of London, UK

    Felicity Rash

About the author

FELICITY RASH Professor of German Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. Her research interests lie chiefly within the field of Historical Discourse Analysis, and she has published on the political propaganda of Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Paul Rohrbach and Adolf Hitler. Her most recent monograph is The Language of Violence, a close linguistics analysis of Hitler's Mein Kampf with its chief emphasis upon the use of metaphors.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: German Images of the Self and the Other

  • Book Subtitle: Nationalist, Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Discourse 1871-1918

  • Authors: Felicity Rash

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137030214

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-28265-0Published: 17 October 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32854-3Published: 01 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-03021-4Published: 17 October 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 222

  • Topics: Comparative Linguistics, European History, Cultural Anthropology, Historical Linguistics

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