9. Fascism and class
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Fascism and class’ examines the social make-up and motivations of fascist supporters, and then asks how the strategies of fascist activists shaped fascism's appeal. At one time fascism was ...
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Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Michael Inwood
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction provides an invaluable guide to the complex and voluminous thought of one of the 20th century’s greatest yet most enigmatic and divisive ...
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8. Fascism, women, and gender
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Fascism, women, and gender’ explores fascism's attitude to women. Historic fascists generally argued that women's primary function was domestic and reproductive. Whether in Germany, Italy, ...
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7. Consequences
Steven Beller
in Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
The shift from persecution and expulsion of Jews to industrially organized genocide marked a dramatic escalation of Nazi policy. ‘Consequences’ shows that central to any explanation for the ...
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3. The demise of scientific racism
Ali Rattansi
in Racism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
In the aftermath of the Holocaust and the ending of World War II in 1945, the role of eugenics and scientific racism in underpinning the ideology of Nazism was impossible to ignore. It was ...
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The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction
Bryan Cheyette
The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of the ghetto, focusing on specific times and places throughout history. Is the ghetto real or ...
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1. Heidegger’s life
Michael Inwood
in Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Heidegger’s life’ considers the controversial path that Heidegger followed during his lifetime. His early education and university studies were heavily influenced by Catholicism and ...
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4. Germany: the racial state
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Germany: the racial state’ examines Hitler's rise to power. From 1929 on, Nazi propaganda was targeted at conservative voters, and this paid off with electoral breakthrough in 1930. The ...
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7. Fascism, nation, and race
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Nationalism and racism pervade all aspects of fascist practice, from welfare provision and family policy to diplomacy. ‘Fascism, nation, and race’ explores the relationship between fascism, ...
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3. Italy: ‘making history with the fist’
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Italy: “making history with the fist”’ examines the development of fascism in Italy and Mussolini's dictatorship. In 1921, Fascism took off in regions affected by agrarian unrest, where ...
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11. St Martin of Messkirch?
Michael Inwood
in Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘St Martin of Messkirch?’ assesses Heidegger’s relationship with Nazism, his anti-Semitism, and his philosophical standing. Nazism did not inform his philosophy, nor can his philosophy be ...
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5. Volksgemeinschaft: Community and exclusion
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
‘Volksgemeinschaft: Community and exclusion’ considers how the Nazi leadership attempted to create an integral national racial community, or Volksgemeinschaft. The foundation of this ...
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3. The Third Reich’s world of camps
Dan Stone
in Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction
‘The Third Reich’s world of camps’ examines the history of the Nazi camp system, comparing labour camps devised to build the ‘racial community’ with concentration camps set up to exclude ...
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2. Intellectual poison?
Klaus Dodds
in Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction (3rd edn)
The notion of geopolitics has not always been well received. It has been accused of being intellectually fraudulent, ideologically suspect, and tainted with associations with Nazism and ...
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1. Why ghetto?
Bryan Cheyette
in The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction
‘Why ghetto?’ traces the idea of the ghetto to medieval and early modern Western and Central Europe. Before there were ghettos, there were Jewish quarters. Larger Jewish quarters were part ...
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4. Nazism and the ghetto
Bryan Cheyette
in The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction
‘Nazism and the ghetto’ describes how the idea of the ghetto persisted alongside actual segregation during the Holocaust, with persecuted Jews seeing historic ghettos as part of their ...
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5. The diffusion of fascism
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘The diffusion of fascism’ considers the ‘fascist’ or ‘national socialist’ movements that appeared all over Europe, the Americas, and in colonized countries during the inter-war years. ...
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8. War
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
‘War’ focuses on German political and military strategies after the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, when Hitler could see the prize of unassailable continental dominance within reach. ...
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9. From terror to genocide
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
War sanctioned and normalized mass terror and murder, blunted ethical reservations, and emphasized the insignificance of individual lives compared with the survival of the ‘Aryan’ race and ...
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6. ‘An Auschwitz every three months’: Society as camp?
Dan Stone
in Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction
‘ “An Auschwitz every three months”: to society as camp?’ examines the meaning and significance of the concentration camp. There is no single type of concentration camp and no clear ...
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