Third Reich Charisma and Community

Name: Third Reich Charisma and Community
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ISBN: 9781405801690

ISBN-10: 1405801697

ISBN-13: 9781405801690

Edition: 2007

Authors: Martin Kitchen

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In this account of the Third Reich, Martin Kitchen places particular emphasis on the exploitation by a charismatic leader of the Germans yearning for a sense of community, caused by a profound economic, political and social crisis. It is a case study of how ordinary people can fall prey to fanatical and irrational ideas, and the extraordinary power over their minds and bodies that a charismatic leader can sustain, even when the basis of the appeal begins to erode. nbsp; The Third Reichargues that National Socialism, up to a point, was a secular religion, and that the major methodological problem in explaining this phenomenon lies in the fact that social psychology simply does not provide…

Book details

List price: $65.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Abbreviations


Author's acknowledgements


Publisher's acknowledgements


List of maps



Background



The origins of National Socialism



Hitler as chancellor



Reordering society and the economy



The churches and education



The arts and propaganda



The SA, SS and police



Foreign policy



The Shoah



The war


Notes


Further reading


Index