Politically unbinding pathos
"Yet in other respects, clearly, the Third Reich is passing into history. The Holocaust memory boom has, unmistakably, faded in intensity. The cultural antagonisms which the era of total war sustained have given way to new ones in which Germans do not figure; the West’s ingrained penchant for politically unbinding pathos is busily attaching itself to another historical moment, consigning Nazi Germany momentarily to the background." (Neil Gregor, How to Read Hitler)
What does "politically unbinding pathos" mean exactly? Can you rephrase the emphasized part?
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alibey1917 What does "politically unbinding pathos" mean exactly? Well might you ask. "Unbinding" can mean that the pathos severs the political ties that hold the parties together and keep them at loggerheads, or it can mean that the pathos fails to cause political adhesion.
- alibey1917 What does "politically unbinding pathos" mean exactly?
- Well might you ask.
- "Unbinding" can mean that the pathos severs the political ties that hold the parties together and keep them at loggerheads, or it can mean that the pathos fails to cause political adhesion.
- Either way, I would have preferred a few more words there.
- Let's go with the first interpretation.
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alibey1917What does "politically unbinding pathos" mean exactly?
Well might you ask. "Unbinding" can mean that the pathos severs the political ties that hold the parties together and keep them at loggerheads, or it can mean that the pathos fails to cause political adhesion. Either way, I would have preferred a few more words there. Let's go with the first i
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