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Siegen für Deutschland? Patriotism, Nationalism and the German National Football Team, 1954-2014

Schiller, Kay

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»Siegen für Deutschland? Patriotismus, Nationalismus und die Deutsche Fußball-Nationalmannschaft 1954-2014«. This article discusses the relationship between expressions of patriotism, nationalism and national identity and the fortunes of the German national football team by examining developments from the 1950s until the present. It analyses the varying degrees of identification of the Germans with their national team from the wave of enthusiasm that greeted the 1954 World Cup win to the more sober reception the team received thereafter which climaxed in the ‘denationalization’ of the national team during the 1974 World Cup. It then explains the renationalization of discourses and practices associated with the team from the late 1980s onwards to end with a discussion of the ‘partyotism’ during the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups. The article argues that while the identification of the Germans with their national football team is a useful indicator of more general historical and cultural trends, one should not overestimate its relevance for determining the degree of nationalism in German society.

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Schiller, K. (2015). Siegen für Deutschland? Patriotism, Nationalism and the German National Football Team, 1954-2014. Historical social research. Supplement (Köln), 40(4), 176-196. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.4.176-196

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 11, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date Dec 11, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. Supplement
Print ISSN 0936-6784
Electronic ISSN 0936-6784
Publisher GESIS
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue 4
Pages 176-196
DOI https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.4.176-196
Keywords Germany, Football, Nationalism, Patriotism, National team, 1954.

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