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Tiger en svensk? Tystnader om tysk nationalsocialism i svensk press och i Svenska kyrkan 1933–1939

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Summary, in English

This inaugural lecture in the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities discusses the silence in Swedish press and in the Church of Sweden on National socialism, 1933-1939. This silence was neither common nor general, it was often concentrated to certain levels or matters. Silence could be compact, while the silent persons could speak on other levels, in other words, often in a theological language instead of a political one. It is being emphasized that the period 1933-1939 has a historical interest of its own, that cannot be reduced to prehistory. History must remain a moral problem, especially Church history. A moralizing history presents simplified solutions, but a moral historiography without moralism does not relativise.

Publishing year

2008

Language

Swedish

Pages

95-109

Publication/Series

Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien Årsbok 2008

Volume

2008

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

  • moralism
  • Church of Sweden
  • silence
  • National socialism
  • historiography

Status

Published

Project

  • Swenaz-projekt, VR

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0083-6796
  • ISBN: 9789174023817