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[vi] On the idea of Russia's special path, see Leonid Luks, Der russische "Sonderweg"?
openDemocracy 2009
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Like their fascist predecessors on the Left searching for Sonderweg, these people are not interested in politics - the give and take of democracy.
The Fairness Doctrine Returns. It Just Won’t Be Called That. - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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About a decade ago, however, Russia took a different course after it had experienced a severe financial crisis, and ever since it has remained on its Sonderweg of economic nationalism.
Eastern European Currencies Need Help Now Zsolt Darvas 2009
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Indeed, it seemed easy for this recrudescing Arab Volk to adopt fanatical terror tactics in its effort to repel foreigners and find its unique Islamic Sonderweg -- that is, "special path."
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Praise is due Bernard Williams's perceptive comments upon the paradox inher-ent in the scene depicting Siegfried's funeral cortège (Götterdämmerung): an overwhelming instrumental eulogy celebrating the career of a hero at most a cipher; the corpse of a nullity, who showed more than a touch of an idiot, passes in procession as Wagner's orchestra pours forth its most noble sounds — a Sonderweg, indeed!
Wagner & Politics Gutman, Robert W. 2001
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At the same time, Kramer argues that, though particularly heinous, Louvain was part of a broader trend – and one not necessarily the exclusive purview of Germany’s Sonderweg.
Archive 2008-02-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Sonderweg: A Historiographical Examination of the Debate Surrounding Germany's "Special Path"
historymike 2009
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Sonderweg: A Historiographical Examination of the Debate Surrounding Germany's "Special Path"
historymike 2009
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Sonderweg: A Historiographical Examination of the Debate Surrounding Germany's "Special Path"
historymike 2009
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Sonderweg: A Historiographical Examination of the Debate Surrounding Germany's "Special Path"
historymike 2009
ry commented on the word Sonderweg
German, "special path". A theory in German historiography, a variously described supposed "special" path taken by Germany historically prior to 1945 (opposed to e.g. the democratic path of Western Europe and the autocracy of Eastern Europe), considered as a cause of latter German political structures and outcomes.
January 23, 2020