UID:
almafu_9961985696502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 298 p. )
ISBN:
1-80073-401-8
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1-84545-368-9
Serie:
Monographs in German history A single communal faith?
Inhalt:
How could the Right transform itself from a politics of the nobility to a fatally attractive option for people from all parts of society? How could the Nazis gain a good third of the votes in free elections and remain popular far into their rule? A number of studies from the 1960s have dealt with the issue, in particular the works by George Mosse and Fritz Stern. Their central arguments are still challenging, but a large number of more specific studies allow today for a much more complex argument, which also takes account of changes in our understanding of German history in general. This book shows that between 1800 and 1945 the fundamentalist desire for a single communal faith played a crucial role in the radicalization of Germany's political Right. A nationalist faith could gain wider appeal, because people were searching for a sense of identity and belonging, a mental map for the modern world and metaphysical security.
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Prelude: The weakening of tradition and the search for a new faith in the early nineteenth century -- From Left to Right: the emergence of a Right-wing nationalist faith -- Visions of a spiritual unification in the German empire -- A single communal faith through war? The First World War as a watershed -- Playing with fire: The Right in the Weimar Republic -- The conservative revolution and the ideal of a single communal faith -- Nazism and the creation of a communal world-view -- Nazism and the idea of a single communal faith -- Rituals and visions -- A reconciliation of nature and technology -- The vision of a harmonious community of the people (Volksgemeinschaft) -- The rhetorics of heroism and a grand Reich.
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English
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781800734012
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