German Utopias in Eastern Europe, 1914-1955

FAIN: FA-51961-05

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN 37916-3801)

I am writing a book, entitled "German Utopias in Eastern Europe, 1914-1955: Modernity, National Identity, and Conflict", an historical study of four separate German projects for utopias of modernity situated in Eastern Europe. Using a wide range of hitherto neglected sources from popular culture, the visual arts, and propaganda, I explore changing German views of a cultural mission in Eastern Europe as a culmination of "alternative modernities", diverging from Western models earlier considered normative.