christopher clark the sleepwalkers summary

Keywords: Historicity Temporality Politics Writing Modernity Nazism Awareness The Estates Prussia Monarchy Narrative Historiography Sovereignty Otto von Bismarck Dictatorship Nazi Party Philosophy of history Thirty Years' War Nobility Reinhart Koselleck Holy Roman Empire Totalitarianism Adolf Hitler Political religion Tax Brandenburg-Prussia Germans Frederick the Great Juan de Mariana P.

'One of Times Higher Education's Best Books of 2018'

'Clark's book, with its provocative and useful theoretical command of the concepts of time and history and its mastery of the details of German history over four centuries, is an erudite, challenging, and thought-provoking work.' -Michael Curtis, American Thinker ' stirring read that gathers momentum with every chapter.' -Oliver Moody, The Times 'A stimulating and entertaining book.' -Tim Blanning, Literary Review ' breadth of knowledge is impressive and his conclusions are carefully considered.' -Hester Vaizey, Times Higher Education 'To read this book is to be constantly stimulated to think new thoughts and to be exhilarated by the grandeur and subtlety of Clark’s argument.' -Lucy Hughes-Hallett, New Statesman

' looks at history with a particular emphasis on the concept of time and should therefore offer a new and thought-provoking way to examine the past.' -Hester Vaizey, Times Higher Education 'There is much to be learned from these erudite studies of ‘the warping of temporality by power.’' -Daniel Johnson, Standpoint

Christopher clark the sleepwalkers summary