GHIL Podcast
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Interview
Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König
Global rankings:
Imperial Germany and the rise of personal achievement culture
4 March 2024
(0:14 h)
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Interview
Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König
Global rankings:
Imperial Germany and the rise of personal achievement culture
Why did people in Imperial Germany became increasingly interested in their personal performance? Was there a link between global entanglements of Imperial Germany on the one hand and a rise in personal achievement culture on the other?
Don’t miss her accompanying GHIL Lecture on “Global Connections and Personal Achievements. (De)centring the Self in Fin de Siècle Germany”.