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Metapolitics
From Wagner and the German Romantics to Hitler
Taschenbuch von Peter Viereck
Sprache: Englisch

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More than half a century after the fall of the Third Reich, Nazism, its roots and its essential nature, remain a central and unresolved enigma of the twentieth century. During the period of Hitler's ascendancy, most attempts at explaining this unprecedented phenomenon were framed in "economic, " often Marxist, sociological terms and concepts. Peter Viereck's Metapolitics, initially published in 1941, broke with this convention by indicting Hitler in terms of the Judaic-Christian ethical tradition and locating certain elements of the Nazi worldview in German romantic poetry, music, and social thought. Newly expanded, Metapolitics remains a key work in the cultural interpretation of Nazism and totalitarianism and in the psychological interpretation of Hitler as a Wagnerite and failed artist.

The term "metapolitics, " a coinage from Richard Wagner's nationalist circle, signifies an ideology resulting from five distinct strands: romanticism (embodied chiefly in the Wagnerian ethos), the pseudo-science of race, Fuehrer worship, vague economic socialism, and the alleged supernatural and unconscious force of the Volk collectivity. Together, those elements engendered an emphasis on irrationalism and hysteria and belief in a special German mission to direct the course of the world's history.

Viereck analyzes nineteenth-century German thought's conflicting attitudes toward political procedures and social arrangements rooted in classical, rational, legalistic, and Christian traditions. This edition includes an appreciation by Thomas Mann and an exchange with Jacques Barzun debating Viereck's criticism of German romanticism. Viereck's essays on the case of Albert Speer, on Claus von Stauffenberg(the German officer who led the army conspiracy to assassinate Hitler), and on the poets Stefan George and Georg Heym appear here for the first time in book form.

More than half a century after the fall of the Third Reich, Nazism, its roots and its essential nature, remain a central and unresolved enigma of the twentieth century. During the period of Hitler's ascendancy, most attempts at explaining this unprecedented phenomenon were framed in "economic, " often Marxist, sociological terms and concepts. Peter Viereck's Metapolitics, initially published in 1941, broke with this convention by indicting Hitler in terms of the Judaic-Christian ethical tradition and locating certain elements of the Nazi worldview in German romantic poetry, music, and social thought. Newly expanded, Metapolitics remains a key work in the cultural interpretation of Nazism and totalitarianism and in the psychological interpretation of Hitler as a Wagnerite and failed artist.

The term "metapolitics, " a coinage from Richard Wagner's nationalist circle, signifies an ideology resulting from five distinct strands: romanticism (embodied chiefly in the Wagnerian ethos), the pseudo-science of race, Fuehrer worship, vague economic socialism, and the alleged supernatural and unconscious force of the Volk collectivity. Together, those elements engendered an emphasis on irrationalism and hysteria and belief in a special German mission to direct the course of the world's history.

Viereck analyzes nineteenth-century German thought's conflicting attitudes toward political procedures and social arrangements rooted in classical, rational, legalistic, and Christian traditions. This edition includes an appreciation by Thomas Mann and an exchange with Jacques Barzun debating Viereck's criticism of German romanticism. Viereck's essays on the case of Albert Speer, on Claus von Stauffenberg(the German officer who led the army conspiracy to assassinate Hitler), and on the poets Stefan George and Georg Heym appear here for the first time in book form.

Über den Autor
Viereck, Peter
Inhaltsverzeichnis
NEW SURVEY FOR THE 1960's. METAPOLITICS I. The German Problem II. Romanticism and the Cult of Life: An Attempt at Definition III . From 1648 to 1848: The Two Souls in Action IV Father Jahn, the First Storm Trooper V. Siegfried: The Metapolitics of Richard Wagner VI. Hitler and Wagner XII. Prophet Laureate of Metapolitics: Part II XIII. Nazi Religion versus Christian Religion XIX. Metapolitics in Action: The Theology of Terror N. The Flawed Genius of Stefan George and His Historical Context v. Twilight of the Outward Life
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780765805102
ISBN-10: 0765805103
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Viereck, Peter
Auflage: Expanded edition
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Maße: 229 x 156 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Viereck
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2003
Gewicht: 0,816 kg
Artikel-ID: 128443756
Über den Autor
Viereck, Peter
Inhaltsverzeichnis
NEW SURVEY FOR THE 1960's. METAPOLITICS I. The German Problem II. Romanticism and the Cult of Life: An Attempt at Definition III . From 1648 to 1848: The Two Souls in Action IV Father Jahn, the First Storm Trooper V. Siegfried: The Metapolitics of Richard Wagner VI. Hitler and Wagner XII. Prophet Laureate of Metapolitics: Part II XIII. Nazi Religion versus Christian Religion XIX. Metapolitics in Action: The Theology of Terror N. The Flawed Genius of Stefan George and His Historical Context v. Twilight of the Outward Life
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780765805102
ISBN-10: 0765805103
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Viereck, Peter
Auflage: Expanded edition
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Maße: 229 x 156 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Viereck
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2003
Gewicht: 0,816 kg
Artikel-ID: 128443756
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