A sociological profile of adolf hitler by patrick abel on. View or download all content the institution has subscribed to. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The political views of adolf hitler have presented historians and biographers with some difficulty. Embodied metaphor, fantsay, and history pb the present work, states the author, constitutes the foundation of a new science. In the latter paper, i stated that nazi germany had been selected as a case study because the ideology and social structure of an entire nation had been shaped by the phantasies of a single individual. Fromms very long book is worth reading for its brilliant critique of other approaches, but carr, among others, has shown its poor grounding in historical knowledge about hitlers early life. Hitler s nazi theory also claimed that the aryan race is a master race, superior to all other races, that a nation is the highest creation of a race, and great nations literally large nations were the creation of great races. His keynote addresses on warfare and genocide include presentations at the church center of the united nations, the united world college, the colloquium on violence and religion, and at the annual holocaust conference. By the time he became chancellor in 1933, they were quite firm. Although maybe a bit dated there is still a lot to commend this for. Like many of his countrymen, he was embittered and humiliated by germanys defeat in world war i and was further outraged by the terms of. Germany hitler ideology and the nature of the state. I developed these ideas in my first book, hitlers ideology.
Each one explains a specific part to the philosophy of nazism. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Jun 28, 2008 i think hitler s economic policies are covered in chapter twelve or so. The present work, states the author, constitutes the foundation of a new science. Willian shirer being one of the few prominent englishspeaking historians to have actually lived and worked within nazi germany, he has several titles that document the era very well berlin diary, end of a berlin diary, rise and fall of adolf hitler. Henry lowenfeld the present work, states the author, constitutes the foundation of a new science. Office of strategic services director general william j. Carl young, a sometime protege of freuds, published one of the first reports on hitlers personality after meeting him in berlin and observing his. Langer that a psychological profile of adolf hitler needed to be developed. Its two interconnected pillars of hitlers world view. As many as three thousand metaphors have been analyzed throughout the pages of his book, which have offered a unique introspective of the elementary facets of hitlers personality. A study in psychoanalytic sociology second printing edition. Hitler s mein kampf was banned in germany for almost seventy years, kept from being reprinted by the accidental holder, the bavarian ministry of finance.
Adolph hitler left school at the age of sixteen and went to vienna where he hoped to enter the academy and become a painter. A study in australias leading bookseller for 141 years. A study in psychoanalytic sociology why did hitler initiate the final solution and take germany to. Hitlers prewar diplomacy focused on removing the crippling restrictions forced on germany by the peace treaty of versailles, ratified in 1919 following his countrys defeat in world war i. Both contended that germany had to fight to regain her status, communism was the invention of the jews, national socialism was the only ideology capable of fighting communism and the nazism had to prepare the population for war in order to obtain living space.
A study in psychoanalytic sociology why did hitler initiate the final solution and take germany to war. So for hitler, i think, one of the crucial things to understand is that he did have an ideology. Psychoanalysis of adolf hitler 2 abstract the character and personality of adolf hitler, political and military leader of the nazi third reich formulated in germany in the latter part of the 1900s, will be analyzed according to the psychological theories of four prominent psychologists. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Hitlers ideology embodied metaphor fantsay an by iva. Key ideas of hitler s ideology task one describe and define each of the following aspects of hitler s ideology in detail aggressive nationalism anti semitism anti communism anti democracy and the furherprincip national socialism people s community volksgemeinschaft gleichslatung lebensraum social darwinism struggle, violence, war. Koenigsberg 66 downloads 385 views 6mb size report. The way to remember that is to think of those two termsrace and space. His application to enter the academy was rejected when he was 17 years old and a year later his mother died from cancer.
Based on analysis of hitlers rhetoricthe words, images and metaphors contained within his writing and speecheskoenigsbergs study reveals the hidden narratives that were the source of hitlers ideology and the holocaust. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. As the author himself notes the book is not a character study, biography or historical account of hitler. After his father died, hitler quit school in the ninth grade. A study in psychoanalytic sociologywhy did hitler initiate the final solution and take germany to war. Sigmund freud, erik erikson, gordon allport, and carl jung.
Koenigsberg the library of social science new york. Wilhelm reich revisited, or the role of ideology in character analysis of the individual vs. Koenigsberg published 2007 originally published as. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. A study in psychoanalytic sociology as want to read. Hitler s ideology embodied metaphor, fantasy and history. Sociological perspective on adolf hitler free essays. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Psychoanalysis of adolf hitler running head psychoanalysis. To see author affiliation and contact information as available in an article, simply click on the information icon next to the authors name in every journal article. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Koenigsbergs book was the first to study political rhetoric from the perspective of embodied metaphor. His writings and methods were often adapted to need and circumstance, although there were some steady themes, including antisemitism, anticommunism, antiparliamentarianism, german lebensraum living space, belief in the superiority of an aryan race and an extreme form of german nationalism. This led to the 25 point programme, and hitler s mein kampf. He eventually started world war ii 19391945, a conflict that left europe in ruins. Carr takes a holistic view, looking at the political, military, intellectual and psychological elements of the nazi leader, delving into the possible sources of his anti semitism as well as factoring in the economic aspects of hitler s war machine and the possible psychological sources of his paranoia and lust for power. Create marketing content that resonates with prezi video. Hitlers ideology, a study in psychoanalytic sociology. Koenigsberg, ebook format, from the dymocks online bookstore. In december 2015, the first german edition of mein kampf since 1946 appeared, with hitler s text surrounded by scholarly commentary apparently meant to act as a kind of cordon sanitaire. A sociological profile of adolf hitler by patrick abel on prezi.
The journal of psychological anthropology, 1978, 1, 297320. Born in a small town in austria, hitler had failed as an art student before becoming a corporal in the german army. A study in psychoanalytic sociology reconstructs the fantasies that were the source of nazism based on analysis of the words, images and metaphors contained within hitlers writing and speeches. A study in personality and politics by william carr. Jews and communists became the ideal scapegoats for germans deeply invested in a german nationalist ideology. Death imagery and the experience of organizational downsizing.
A secret wartime 281 page report, authored by walter c. Adolf hitler formulated and articulated the ideas that came to be known as nazi ideology. Eric hobsbawm fractured times culture and society in the. His influential book, hitler s ideology, has been called the best critical analysis of hitler s thought. Library of social science, 1975 ideology 105 pages. Psychoanalytic anthropology and the meaning of meaning. Excerpt from adolf hitlers zweites buch second book because of the lack of productive capacities of its own the jewish people cannot carry out the construction of a state, viewed in a territorial sense, but as a support of its own existence it needs the work and creative activities of other nations. The book chronicles the many disarmament proposals he vainly introduced to the world and his endeavors to revise the versailles construction by non.