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Since the heyday of Weimar classicism, Germany has tried to distinguish herself through cultural achievements & aspirations from the merely 'civilized' West. High culture was seen thereby as a compensation for or as an alternative to politics. This text looks at the relationship between German politics & culture.Lepenies, Wolf is the author of 'Seduction of Culture in German History ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780691121314 and ISBN 0691121311.
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