Fear in the German-Speaking World, 1600-2000

Thomas Kehoe is a Research Fellow at the University of New England, Australia. A historian with a focus on Germany and the United States, he has published in journals such as Genocide Research, War in History and Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Michael Pickering is a Lecturer in History at Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia.

• Introduction: Thomas Kehoe & Michael Pickering, (University of New England, Australia and University of Melbourne, Australia) 1. Political Fear during the Wars of Louis XIV: The Danger of Becoming French, Kirsten L. Cooper, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)2. Vampires, Ottomans, and the Spectre of Contagion: The Intersectionality of Fear on the Periphery of the Habsburg Monarchy, Michael Pickering (University of Melbourne, Australia) 3. “The forest is not everyone’s friend:” Fear in an 18th century Southwest German Hometown, Dennis Frey, (Lasell College, USA)4. Gypsy Hysteria in 19th Century Germany: A Biopolitical Response, Charissa Kurda, (Flinders University, Australia) 5. Conceptualizing Gender and Fear: German-Jewish Masculinities in the Third Reich and the Dread of the Unknown, Sebastian Huebel, (University of British Columbia, Canada)6. Cultivating Fear: The Image of SA and the Presence of Propaganda in the Late Weimar, Jacob Berg & Richard Scully, (University of St. Andrews, UK and University of New England, Australia)7. Gangs in the Forest: The Construction of the Criminal Archetype in Post-World War II Germany, Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia)8. German Angst After 1945 as Fear of the Fear, Pierre-Frédéric Weber, (University of Szczecin, Poland)9. Fear of Falling: Talking about (and Being Afraid of) Poverty in Germany since 1945, Christoph Lorke, (University of Münster, Germany)Conclusions: Michael Pickering & Thomas Kehoe (University of New England, Australia and University of Melbourne, Australia)

The authors knowledgeably explain the strengths and weaknesses of the ongoing research. Their courage to make independent judgments and their ability to draw up unfamiliar perspectives are convincing.