Hitler's millennial Reich : apocalyptic belief and the search for salvation / / David Redles

• Autore: Redles David
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : New York University Press, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 pages)
• Disciplina: 943.086
• Soggetto topico: Millennialism - Germany - History - 20th century; National socialism - Public opinion
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Civilization 20th century
• Soggetto non controllato: Nazism; Offers; apocalyptic; cross-cultural; evidenced; examination; movements
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Nazism, myth, and meaning -- A world turned upside down: Weimar chaos and the culture of apocalypse -- The turning point: Racial apocalypse or racial salvation -- Seeing the light: The Nazi conversion experience -- Hitler as Messiah -- The Messiah legitimated: Linking the leader and the led -- Final empire, final war, final solution -- The Hitler gospels and old guard testimonials: Reconstructing a mythical world.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hitler's millennial Reich
• ISBN: 0-8147-6928-4; 0-8147-7675-2; 1-4294-1475-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777604803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II