
Fascination with the Persecutor
George L. Mosse and the Catastrophe of Modern Man
Emilio Gentile(Author)
University of Wisconsin Press
Published on 31. December 2021
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-299-33430-7 (ISBN)
Description
In 1933, George L. Mosse fled Berlin and settled in the United States, where he went on to become a renowned historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Through rigorous and innovative scholarship, Mosse uncovered the forces that spurred antisemitism, racism, nationalism, and populism. His transformative work was propelled by a desire to know his own persecutors and has been vital to generations of scholars seeking to understand the cultural and intellectual origins and mechanisms of Nazism.
This translation makes Emilio Gentile's groundbreaking study of Mosse's life and work available to English language readers. A leading authority on fascism, totalitarianism, and Mosse's legacy, Gentile draws on a wealth of published and unpublished material, including letters, interviews, lecture plans, and marginalia from Mosse's personal library. Gentile details how the senior scholar eschewed polemics and employed rigorous academic standards to better understand fascism and the "catastrophe of the modern man"-how masculinity transformed into a destructive ideology. As long as wars are waged over political beliefs in popular culture, Mosse's theories of totalitarianism will remain as relevant as ever.
This translation makes Emilio Gentile's groundbreaking study of Mosse's life and work available to English language readers. A leading authority on fascism, totalitarianism, and Mosse's legacy, Gentile draws on a wealth of published and unpublished material, including letters, interviews, lecture plans, and marginalia from Mosse's personal library. Gentile details how the senior scholar eschewed polemics and employed rigorous academic standards to better understand fascism and the "catastrophe of the modern man"-how masculinity transformed into a destructive ideology. As long as wars are waged over political beliefs in popular culture, Mosse's theories of totalitarianism will remain as relevant as ever.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-33430-7 (9780299334307)
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Persons
Emilio Gentile is professor emeritus of history at Sapienza University in Rome.
Content
Preface
Introduction: Between Autobiography and Historiography
1 The Contemporary Past
2 A New Cultural History
3 The Road to Totalitarianism
4 The Fascist Revolution
5 The Fascism of Fascisms
6 From Ideology to Liturgy
7 The New Politics
8 A Provisional Dwelling
9 The Horrors of a Fully Furnished House
10 Beyond Catastrophe
Conclusion: The Religion of an Eternal Traveler
A Lasting Intellectual Friendship: An Interview with Emilio Gentile
Notes
Introduction: Between Autobiography and Historiography
1 The Contemporary Past
2 A New Cultural History
3 The Road to Totalitarianism
4 The Fascist Revolution
5 The Fascism of Fascisms
6 From Ideology to Liturgy
7 The New Politics
8 A Provisional Dwelling
9 The Horrors of a Fully Furnished House
10 Beyond Catastrophe
Conclusion: The Religion of an Eternal Traveler
A Lasting Intellectual Friendship: An Interview with Emilio Gentile
Notes