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Tiger en svensk? Tystnader om tysk nationalsocialism i svensk press och i Svenska kyrkan 1933–1939

Jarlert, Anders LU (2008) 2008. p.95-109
Abstract
This inaugural lecture in the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities discusses the silence in Swedish press and in the Church of Sweden on National socialism, 1933-1939. This silence was neither common nor general, it was often concentrated to certain levels or matters. Silence could be compact, while the silent persons could speak on other levels, in other words, often in a theological language instead of a political one. It is being emphasized that the period 1933-1939 has a historical interest of its own, that cannot be reduced to prehistory. History must remain a moral problem, especially Church history. A moralizing history presents simplified solutions, but a moral historiography without moralism does not... (More)
This inaugural lecture in the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities discusses the silence in Swedish press and in the Church of Sweden on National socialism, 1933-1939. This silence was neither common nor general, it was often concentrated to certain levels or matters. Silence could be compact, while the silent persons could speak on other levels, in other words, often in a theological language instead of a political one. It is being emphasized that the period 1933-1939 has a historical interest of its own, that cannot be reduced to prehistory. History must remain a moral problem, especially Church history. A moralizing history presents simplified solutions, but a moral historiography without moralism does not relativise. (Less)
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subject
keywords
moralism, Church of Sweden, silence, National socialism, historiography
host publication
Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien Årsbok 2008
volume
2008
pages
95 - 109
publisher
Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien
ISSN
0083-6796
ISBN
9789174023817
project
Swenaz-projekt, VR
language
Swedish
LU publication?
yes
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
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  author       = {{Jarlert, Anders}},
  booktitle    = {{Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien Årsbok 2008}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  pages        = {{95--109}},
  publisher    = {{Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien}},
  title        = {{Tiger en svensk? Tystnader om tysk nationalsocialism i svensk press och i Svenska kyrkan 1933–1939}},
  volume       = {{2008}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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