Linguistics and the Third Reich
Mother-tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 1998
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-415-18954-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents an insightful account of the academic politics of the Nazi era and analyses the work of selected linguists, including Jos Trier and Leo Weisgerber. Hutton situates Nazi linguistics within the politics of Hitler's state and within the history of modern linguistics.
Reviews / Votes
'...an extremely interesting book.' - Winifred V. Davies, German Politics Vol. 9, No.3 Dec 2000More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
844 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-18954-5 (9780415189545)
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Linguistics and the Third Reich
Mother-tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language
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1st Edition
Routledge
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Person
Christopher M. Hutton currently teaches linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Hong Kong. He previously taught Yiddish Studies at the University of Texas, USA and at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, UK.
Content
Introduction; Chapter 1 Whose History?; Chapter 2 The Defence of Cultural Diversity; Chapter 3 Academic Politics; Chapter 4 Etymology as Collective Therapy; Chapter 5 The Strange Case of Sonderfuehrer Weisgerber; Chapter 6 'A Complicated Young Man with a Complicated Fate, in a Complicated Time'; Chapter 7 Yiddish Linguistics and National Socialism; Chapter 8 Vitalist Linguistics; Chapter 9 Linguistics, Race and the Horror of Assimilation;