Nazi Germany and the humanities : how German academics embraced Nazism / [edited by] Wolfgang Bialas and Anson Rabinbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bialas, Wolfgang, 1954-

Rabinbach, Anson

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Germany--History--20th century.

Universities and colleges.

National socialism and education--Germany.

National socialism and education.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

428 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oneworld Publications, 2014.

Summary:

In 1933, Jews and, to a lesser extent, political opponents of the Nazis, suffered an unprecedented loss of positions and livelihood at Germany's universities. With few exceptions, the academic elite welcomed and justified the acts of the Nazi regime, uttered no word of protest when their Jewish and liberal colleagues were dismissed, and did not stir when Jewish students were barred admission. The subject of how German scholars responded to the Nazi regime continues to be a fascinating area of scholarship. In this collection, Rabinbach and Bialas bring some of the best scholarly contributions together in one cohesive volume, to deliver a shocking conclusion: whatever diverse motives German intellectuals may have had in 1933, the image of Nazism as an alien power imposed on German universities from without was a convenient fiction. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Humanities in Germany after 1933: Semantic Transformations and the Nazification of the Disciplines / Georg Bollenbeck Bollenbeck, Georg 1

2 "We are no longer the university of the liberal age:" The Humanities and National Socialism at Heidelberg / Steven P. Remy Remy, Steven P. 21

3 The Goethe Society in Weimar as Showcase of Germanistik during the Weimar Republic and the Nazi Regime / Ehrhard Bahr Bahr, Ehrhard 50

4 Difficulty of Democracy: Rethinking the Political in the Philosophy of the Thirties (Gehlen, Schmitt, Heidegger) / Dieter Thomä Thomä, Dieter 75

5 Fascism and Hermeneutics: Gadamer and the Ambiguities of "Inner Emigration" / Richard Wolin Wolin, Richard 101

6 Selected Affinities: Nietzsche and the Nazis / Martin Schwab Schwab, Martin 140

7 "Images of Mankind" and the Notion of Order in Philosophical Anthropology and National Socialism: Arnold Gehlen / Karl-Siegbert Rehberg Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert 178

8 German Historical Scholarship under National Socialism / Willi Oberkrome Oberkrome, Willi 207

9 Baroque Legacies: National Socialism's Benjamin / Jane O. Newman Newman, Jane O. 238

10 Nazism, "Orientalism," and Humanism / Suzanne Marchand Marchand, Suzanne 267

11 Classics in the Second World War / Volker Losemann Losemann, Volker 306

12 English and Romance Studies in Germany's Third Reich / Frank-Rutger Hausmann Hausmann, Frank-Rutger 341

13 For "Volk, Blood, and God": The Theological Faculty at the University of Jena during the Third Reich / Susannah Heschel Heschel, Susannah 365

14 Nazi Historical Scholarship on the "Jewish Question" / Alan E. Steinweis Steinweis, Alan E. 399.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

178074434X

9781780744346

OCLC:

887795345

Publisher Number:

99960187501