Responses to Nazism in Britain, 1933-1939

This book examines the large and previously-neglected body of literature on Nazism that was produced in the years 1933-1939. Shifting attention away from high politics or appeasement, it reveals that a remarkably wide range of responses was available to the reading public. From sophisticated philosophical analyzes of Nazism to pro-Nazi apologies, the book shows how Nazism informed debates over culture and politics in Britain, and how before the war and the Holocaust made Nazism anathema it was often discussed in ways that seem surprising today.

Autorentext
DAN STONE Professor of Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Breeding Superman: Nietzsche, Race and Eugenics in Edwardian and Interwar Britain (Liverpool University Press, 2002) and Constructing the Holocaust: A Study in Historiography (Vallentine Mitchell, 2003).

Zusammenfassung
How was Nazism discussed in the 1930s? Studies of the period have traditionally focused on the politics of appeasement, on British and German foreign policy, or on the British Union of Fascists. Through a study of a large body of neglected literature, Responses to Nazism in Britain reveals that a far broader range of responses was made and debated. From remarkably sophisticated philosophical analyses to pro-Nazi apologias, with all shades of opinion in between, the British reading public was presented with a picture of Nazism that was, if anything, more advanced than that put forward by the government and its main supporters in the press. Combining history of ideas and cultural history, Responses to Nazism in Britain suggests that before the war and the Holocaust, not a day went by when the shape and substance of British cultural and political debates were not informed by what was happening in Germany.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Introduction: Responding to Nazism, 1933-1939 PART I: EXPLANATIONS PRO AND CONTRA The Energy of Nihilism: Understanding the Appeal of Nazism Predicting War? The Place of War in Interpretations of Nazism, 1933-1939 The Quintessence of Nazism: The Third Reich and the Jews, 1933-1939 PART II: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE BRITISH RIGHT The Reasons of the Intellectuals The British Far Right and the Back-to-the-Land Movement The English Array, the BUF and the Dilemmas of British Fascism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

#	Onlineshop	Preis CHF	Versand CHF	Total CHF
1	Seller	0.00	0.00	0.00