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Time Divided – Time United?

Temporal aspects of German unification

Henrike Rau

Department of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; henrike.rau{at}nuigalway.ie

To illuminate the persisting division between East and West Germany, this article explores temporal aspects of East German culture and their impact on German unification. Arguing that approaches to GDR time in the contemporary literature border on oversimplification, the article focuses on different layers of time in East Germany. It also deals with possible time-related sources of conflict between East and West Germans, such as contradictory temporal work practices. On the basis of ethnographic and documentary evidence, the article argues that ordinary members of the German public may be more subtly aware of clashes in time cultures than this literature suggests.

Key Words: East German time culture • German unification • time and conflict

Time & Society, Vol. 11, No. 2-3, 271-294 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X02011002006
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