Performance anxiety : sport and work in Germany from the Empire to Nazism / Michael Hau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hau, Michael, author.

Series:

German and European studies ; 25.

German and European studies ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Political aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Work--Government policy--Germany--History--20th century.

Work.

National socialism--Germany--History--20th century.

National socialism.

History.

Work--Government policy.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports--Political aspects.

Germany.

Physical Description:

xvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Performance Anxiety analyses the efforts of German elites, from 1890 to 1945, to raise the productivity and psychological performance of workers through the promotion of mass sports. Michael Hau reveals how politicians, sports officials, medical professionals, and business leaders articulated a vision of a human economy that was co-opted in 1933 by Nazi officials in order to promote competition in the workplace. Hau's original and startling study is the first to establish how Nazi leaders' discourse about sports and performance was used to support their claims that Germany was on its way to becoming a true meritocracy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Wehrkraft and Volkskraft: The "Human Economy" and Performance Enhancement during the Empire 15

2 Conditioning Bodies and Minds during the Weimar Republic 49

3 Conditioning People's Comrades 84

4 The Olympics of Labour: The Reich Vocational Competitions, 1934-1939 127

5 The Performance Community at War 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-323) and index.

ISBN:

9781442630628

1442630620

OCLC:

965481428