Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich

This book presents new perspectives on how the exercise of power is shaped by different notions of time. Acclaimed historian Christopher Clark draws on four key figures from German history-Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Prussia, Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, and Adolf Hitler-to look at history through a temporal lens and ask how historical actors and their regimes embody unique conceptions of time.



Inspired by the insights of Reinhart Koselleck and François Hartog, pioneers of th...