This analysis examines Germany's imperial past and its cultural implications for national identity, indicating a longstanding quest for dominance.
Patricia Anne Simpson’s volume offers a reassessment of Germany’s involvement with global conquest, arguing that its imperial ambition and racist structures were embedded in its culture for five centuries. It investigates how narratives of expansion shaped national identity. The analysis contrasts imperial stories with the voices of resistance from colonized peoples. By linking this history to the ideologies of the Nazi period, the study shows that the German imagination was organized around global dominance and its loss.
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