Talk:Sonderweg

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Sonderweg, (literally: sonder= 'special', weg= 'path') is a theory in historiography that considers the German-speaking lands, or the country Germany, to have followed its own, unique course through its evolution and history, separate from other European countries: its own 'special' or 'alternative' development.

I would like to link my newly created webpage on Sonderweg. It can be linked at the following URL: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~blfay/sonderweg.html

[edit] acceptance

The article I added, from Heilbronner, states quite explicitly that "Sonderweg" is not accepted any more with historians. Intangible 04:33, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] The need to distinguish

The Sonderweg theories of the 1960s and 1970s as propounded by Hans-Ulrich Wehler and other, mainly German historians, do not try to trace the development back to before the 19th century. They suggest that in some sense Germany went off the rails in the last few decades of the 19th century.

All this is very different indeed from wartime propaganda and the sort of 'theories' that attribute the Third Reich to a supposedly pathological 'national character'. These latter notions are essentially racist. Norvo (talk) 02:11, 21 April 2008 (UTC)