The Age of Extremes
UHC
Western European History II
The Age of Extremes
The Silent Sentinels
Langemarck
German Cemetery - Belgium
Week #10
March 22: We will examine the war itself and with a discussion of both Berghahn's and Hobsbawm's analysis of the violence unleashed by the Great War.
March 24
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The Russian Revolution and Civil War - Tying in with our examination of the
"Descent into Barbarism" we will examine the nature of the Russian Revolution
and the Civil War and how that left, in Hobsbawm's words, "a black deposit
of ruthlessness."
Read for March 29 Merriman pp. 1000-1030
The Age of Anxiety- Nazism and Fascism - The
Entire Lecture
Berghahn pp. 58-75
Watch the Following Videos
Courseweb-videos-The Ghosts of the Great War - watch all three videos to see how an "appeal to the ghosts of the dead" is used during and after the war.
Watch John Merriman's Lecture on Fascists and Fascism - be prepared to discuss this along with your readings
Recommended and Helpful Link:
Ernst Junger - This is an interesting site in that, like Hitler, Junger saw the Great War as the defining point of his life and, in effect, he never really left the trenches.
Read for March 31. This will really prepare you for next Thursday.
Merriman pp. 989-992
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture8.html - The Entire Lecture
DADA Manifesto- Scroll down to Tristan Tzara's Manifesto
Emmy Hennings Poem - "Dancer"
Hugo Ball's sound poem- 'Gadji beri bimba'
- Listen to DADA Poems
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