Hitler's philosophers / Yvonne Sherratt

Publication | Library Call Number: B3181 .S54 2013

Offers an account of the philosophers who supported Hitler's rise to power and those whose lives were wrecked by his regime.

Physical Description: xx, 302 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Hitler: the "bartender of genius"
Poisoned chalice
Collaborators
Hitler's lawmaker: Carl Schmitt
Hitler's superman: Martin Heidegger
Hitler's opponents. Tragedy: Walter Benjamin
Exile: Theodor Adorno
The Jewess: Hannah Arendt
The martyr: Kurt Huber
The Nuremberg trials and beyond.
ISBN: 9780300151930
0300151934 (cl : alk. paper)
9780300205473 (pbk.)
0300205473 (pbk.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-294) and index.

Hitler: the "bartender of genius" -- Poisoned chalice -- Collaborators -- Hitler's lawmaker: Carl Schmitt -- Hitler's superman: Martin Heidegger -- Hitler's opponents. Tragedy: Walter Benjamin -- Exile: Theodor Adorno -- The Jewess: Hannah Arendt -- The martyr: Kurt Huber -- The Nuremberg trials and beyond.
Subjects: Philosophers--Germany--History--20th century.
Philosophy, German--20th century.
Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945.
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