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During the Weimar Republic, amongst other things, what was developed? (5 examples)
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Mass Culture + Consumption (planes, cinema, radio, cars, department stores)
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What were the 2 characteristic artistic styles of the Weimar Republic? (2 artists)
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Absurdist abstract art, Bauhaus design (Bertolt brecht + arnold schoenberg)
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What are the 2 approaches to the study of Weimar and what do they mean?
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1) Historical Relativism: What happened was relative to the situation at the time
2) Normative Analysis: Using ideas of ‘ideal type’ of parliamentary democracy drawn from today’s standards and values |
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What is one problem of the approaches to studying Weimar?
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Potentially underestimating the reality of the options available at the time for the ‘Weimar experiment’
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What were the 3 main periods of the Weimar Republic and when were they?
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1) 1919 to 1923: Instability and social tensions
2) 1923 to 1929: Relative consolidation and recovery (The ‘Golden Age’) 3) 1929 to 1933: New Crises and eventual destruction |
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What were the 8 main weaknesses of the Weimar Republic?
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1) The Institutional and Constitutional framework (August 1919)
2) Economic Strains and Stresses 3) An unsupportive political culture 4) Lack of support from key elites 5) Intense rivalry on the left 6) Rapid changes in the social structure 7) Impact of ideology and propaganda 8) The role of personalities |
