Download or read book Heimat, Nation, Fatherland written by Jost Hermand and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of modern German history, Heimat has come to mean virtually anything: a romantic nostalgia for preindustrial conditions; a conservative emphasis on various attributes; a feeling of ecological responsibility for a particular region; an aversion for the ugliness brought about by industry; a glorification of the German peasantry as the wellspring of national health; and much more.