The Nazi-fascist new order for European culture / Benjamin G. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Benjamin George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National socialism and intellectuals.

Nazi propaganda.

Fascist propaganda.

Europe--Civilization--20th century.

Europe.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

Summary:

During World War II, Nazi-fascist cultural organizations brought writers, filmmakers, and composers together at international conferences where intellectuals celebrated a nationalist and anti-Semitic vision of European culture and pursued the continent-wide reform of the legal and economic bases of European culture. The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture charts the origins, successes, and collapse of the Axis's pan-European cultural institutions. It analyzes their core ideas, charts their internal rivalries, and reveals the complex dynamic of cooperation and competition between the Germans and the Italians that stood at the heart of the project.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A new cultural order for Europe

Creating cultural networks

Cooperation or capitulation?

The European character of the German-Italian Axis

A radicalized, "pure" inter-nationalism

New orders in Berlin and Rome

European culture under German hegemony

The uses and disadvantages of a völkisch European culture

Conclusion: International culture as an ideological battleground.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674545748

0674545745

OCLC:

946254786