Article Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1965
Keywords
National characteristics, German
Abstract
ABSTRACT - There has been considerable argument since World War II over whether the concept of a national character, such as might distinguish the Germans, the Japanese, the Russians, or any other contemporary national group, has any reality in fact. The present paper, operating on the assumption that there is a distinctive German character, one essentially different from that of the English, the Italians, the French, or the Russians, seeks to show, in terms of the processes of culture defined by anthropology, where German uniqueness lies. This, it is contended, rests not so much in factors of native psychology and social organization as it does in geographic position and in the German position in the stream of European history. The marginal position of the Germans, both in time and space, is a vital element in producing both excellence and excess.
First Page
160
Last Page
182
Recommended Citation
Spencer, R. F.
(1965).
The German Paradox (A Problem in National Character).
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 32 No.3, 160-182.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol32/iss3/5
Primo Type
Article