1st Edition
The Politics Of Antisemitic Prejudice The Waldheim Phenomenon In Austria
By Richard Mitten
Copyright 1993
261 Pages
by
Routledge
261 Pages
by
Routledge
261 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked, "I think the good in Austria is particularly difficult to understand. In a certain sense it is more subtle than all the rest, and its truth is never on the side of probability." For forty years official Austria, christened by the Allies as Hitler's first "victim," wagered that the sedulously cultivated visions of cherubic choir boys, Lippizaner horses, and... Read more
Introduction: "Homo austriacus" Agonistes -- Austria Past and Present -- From Election Catatonia to the "Waldheim Affair" -- "What Did You Do in the War, Kurt?" -- Dis"kurt"esies: Waldheim and the Language of Guilt -- The Role of the World Jewish Congress -- The Waldheim Affair in the United States -- The "Campaign" Against Waldheim and the Emergence of the Feindbild -- When "The Past" Catches Up
Biography
Richard Mitten
