Title: The crisis of German ideology : intellectual origins of the Third Reich /
Authors: Mosse, George L. 1918-
Publisher: H. Fertig,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf,; Nationalism Germany History.; National socialism History.; National socialism.; Germany Social conditions
Abstract: In his classic study of the idealogical sources of National Socialism, George L. Mosse explores a unique complex of anti-democratic ideas deeply embedded in German history. He traces these currents of thought though the 19th and 20th centuries to show how a peculiarly Germanic ideology became institutionalized in the schools, youth movements, veterans' groups and political parties, and how the "German revolution" called for by the ideology's exponents was transformed by Hitler into an "anti-Jewish revolution," and an effective political program as the Nazis rose to power.
Contents: From romanticism to the Volk -- A Germanic faith -- The new romanticism -- Ancient Germans rediscovered -- Racism -- Germanic utopias -- The Jew -- Education comes to the aid -- The youth movement -- University students and professors on the March -- Leadership, Bund, and Eros -- Organizations carry on -- Bedeviled conservatives -- Veterans and workers -- From bourgeois to anti-bourgeois youth -- A German revolution -- The anti-Jewish revolution.