GM 242 Germany Divided and Reunited (Fall: 3)
Cross Listed with
HS 160
Offered Biennially
Conducted in English.
This course provides a multi-dimensional look at post-war Germany, East
and West. Politics, social and economic structure (East versus West), music,
art, literature, philosophy (Critical Theory), the crisis and reform of
the West German university system, the young generation, and Americanization,
will be discussed. Other topics include radicalism/extremism/protest movements
(including terrorism), coping with the past (National Socialism), the Revolution
of November 1989, and the legal ramifications and unsolved problems deriving
from reunification.
Christoph Eykman
Last Updated: 17-DEC-08