Geostrategische Ziele und kulturpolitische Konstruktionen : Mitteleuropa im deutschen Denken des 20. Jahrhunderts

Central Europe is not only a territorial and historical Reality, but in the Thinking of Germany during first half 20th Century concept, cultural political project. Behind it desire for German hegemony. The meaning ranges from formal to informal imperialism. This served purposes did exclude ethnic cleansing or extermination. Depending on constellation, idea underwent frequent changes. essay traces these changes by way example. It examines three stages: First World War, interwar period, brief revival years around 1985, which came as surprise intellectuals Federal Republic Germany.