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Interview

Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König

Global rankings

Imperial Germany and the rise of personal achievement culture

4 March 2024

(0:14 h)

Portrait photograph of Nina Verheyen, on a green background, with the GHIL podcast symbol of a microphone and headphones in a circle.

Interview

Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König

Global rankings
Imperial Germany and the rise of personal achievement culture

Why did people in Imperial Germany became increasingly interested in their personal performance? Was there a link between global entanglements of Imperial Germany on the one hand and a rise in personal achievement culture on the other?

Don’t miss her accompanying GHIL Lecture on “Global Connections and Personal Achievements. (De)centring the Self in Fin de Siècle Germany”.

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