The Ideology of Nazi Germany

In this lecture, Professor Neil Gregor (University of Southampton) explores the ideology of the Nazi Party, focusing in particular on: (i) the growth in the 19th century of the ideologies of nationalism, militarism, and colonialism - a reservoir of thoughts and ideas from which the Nazis can draw; (ii) the emergence of a new form of anti-Semitism based on Jewishness as a biological or racial identity as opposed to a religious one; (iii) the concept of the body politic, where enemies are imagined as a kind of ‘disease’ weakening it from within; (iv) Adolf Hitler’s understanding of why Germany lost the First World War, and what Germany should do to avoid losing the next European war.
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