What is homeland? The answers are varied, because homeland has long since become a political battleground. Some associate it with preserving German culture and identity, while others counter the supposedly outdated idea with new values such as cosmopolitanism, dynamism and diversity. The volume offers an innovative overview of the cultural and debate history of the concept of homeland since the 17th century. The mostly misunderstood evaluation of the romanticism of homeland is treated as well as the propaganda in the colonial era, the First World War and National Socialism. A systematic part sheds light on controversial terms such as kitsch and nostalgia in the context of homeland. The volume thus makes an important contribution to the objectification of an ideologically highly charged debate and helps
