| Description |
1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Nazism, Mtyh, and Meaning; 1 A World Turned Upside Down: Weimar Chaos andthe Culture of Apocalypse; 2 The Turning Point: Racial Apocalypse or Racial Salvation; 3 Seeing the Light: The Nazi Conversion Experienc; 4 Hitler as Messiah; 5 The Messiah Legitimated: Linking the Leader and the Led; Final Empire, Final War, Final Solution; Appendix: The Hitler Gospels andOld Guard Testimonials:Reconstructing a Mythical World; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
After World War I, German citizens sought not merely relief from the political, economic, social, and cultural upheaval which wracked Weimar Germany, but also mental salvation. With promises of order, prosperity, and community, Adolph Hitler fulfilled a profoundly spiritual need on behalf of those who converted to Nazism, and thus became not only Führer, but Messiah contends David Redles, who believes that millenarian sentiment was central to the rise of Nazism. As opposed to many works which depersonalize Nazism by focusing on institutional factors, Redles offers a fresh view of the impact an |
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Nazism |
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Offers |
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apocalyptic |
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cross-cultural |
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evidenced |
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examination |
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movements |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Public opinion
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| SUBJECT |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 fast |
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National socialism -- Public opinion
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Millennialism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Civilization
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Millennialism
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National socialism -- Public opinion
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Public opinion
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Civilization -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814776759 |
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0814776752 |
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