Inhumanities : Nazi interpretations of western culture / David B. Dennis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dennis, David B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi propaganda--Germany.

Nazi propaganda.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--Party work.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.

Völkischer Beobachter (Munich, Germany : 1920).

Fascism and culture--Germany.

Fascism and culture.

Germany--Civilization--20th century.

Germany.

Civilization.

Germany--History--1918-1933.

History.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Civilization, Western.

Press and politics--Germany--History--20th century.

Press and politics.

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.

World War, 1939-1945.

Propaganda.

Physical Description:

xvi, 541 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Contents:

Foundations of Nazi cultural history.

The "Germanic" origins of western culture

Vox volkish

The western tradition as political and patriotic

The western tradition as anti-semitic

The archenemy incarnate

Blind to the light.

Classicism romanticized

Intolerance toward enlightenment

Forging steel romanticism

Romantic music as "our greatest legacy"

Modern dilemmas.

Realist paradox and expressionist confusion

Nordic existentialists and volkish founders

Music after Wagner

"Holy" war and Weimar "crisis"

Heralds of the front experience

Weimar culture wars 1: defending German spirit from "Circumcision"

Weimar culture wars 2: combatting "degeneracy"

Nazi "solutions"

"Honor your German masters"

The Nazi "renaissance"

Kultur at war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107020498

1107020492

OCLC:

793099493

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