Moderate Modernity: The Newspaper Tempo and the Transformation of Weimar Democracy Hung Jochen
Moderate Modernity: The Newspaper Tempo and the Transformation of Weimar Democracy Hung Jochen Focusing on the fate of a Berlin-based newspaper during the 1920s and 1930s, Moderate Modernity: The…
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Moderate Modernity: The Newspaper Tempo and the Transformation of Weimar Democracy Hung Jochen
Focusing on the fate of a Berlin-based newspaper during the 1920s and 1930s, Moderate Modernity: The Newspaper Tempo and the Transformation of Weimar Democracy chronicles the transformation of a vibrant and liberal society into an oppressive and authoritarian dictatorship. The newspaper celebrated modern technology, spectator sports, and American consumer products, constructing an optimistic vision of Germany's future as a liberal consumer society anchored in Western values.The newspaper's idea of a modern, democratic Germany was undermined by the political and economic crises that hit Germany at the beginning of the 1930s. Tempo proclaimed itself as "Germany's most modern newspaper" and attempted to capture the spirit of Weimar Berlin, giving a voice to a forward-looking generation that had grown up under the Weimar Republic's new democratic order.
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