Visions of community in Nazi Germany : social engineering and private lives

Visions of community in Nazi Germany : social engineering and private lives / edited by Martina Steber and Bernhard Gotto.

When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the Führer, Adolf Hitler. The concept of Volksgemeinschaft, lit. 'the people's community', enshrined the Nazis' vision of society. It was based on racist, soci...

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Other Authors: Steber, Martina (Editor), Gotto, Bernhard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014
Subjects:
1900-1999
National socialism.
Social engineering.
Community life > Germany > History > 20th century.
National Socialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Community life
National socialism
Politics and government
Social conditions
Social engineering
Social policy
Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945.
Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Germany > Social policy > History > 20th century.
Germany
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Volksgemeinschaft: Writing the Social History of the Nazi Regime / Bernhard Gotto
  • I. VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT: CONTROVERSIES
  • 2. Volksgemeinschaft: Potential and Limitations of the Concept / Ian Kershaw
  • 3. Volksgemeinschaft: A Modern Perspective on National Socialist Society / Michael Wildt
  • 4. Echoes of the Volksgemeinschaft / Ulrich Herbert
  • II. A NEW FRAME OF REFERENCE: IDEOLOGY, ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES, AND SOCIAL CONTROL
  • 5. Pluralities of National Socialist Ideology: New Perspectives on the Production and Diffusion of National Socialist Weltanschauung / Lutz Raphael
  • 6. The Nsdap's Operational Codes after 1933 / Armin Nolzen
  • 7. Mobilizing German Society for War: The National Socialist Gaue / Thomas Schaarschmidt.
  • IV. VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT: A RATIONALE FOR VIOLENCE
  • 15. The Holocaust: Basis and Objective of the Volksgemeinschaft? / Christopher R. Browning
  • 16. Volksgemeinschaft and Violence: Some Reflections on Interdependencies / Sven Keller
  • 17. Social Control and the Making of the Volksgemeinschaft / Detlef Schmiechen-Ackermann
  • V. THE LIMITS OF VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT POLICIES
  • 18. The Military Elite and Volksgemeinschaft / Johannes Hurter
  • 19. National Socialist Blueprints for Rural Communities and their Resonance in Agrarian Society / Willi Oberkrome
  • 20. The End of the Volksgemeinschaft / Richard Bessel.

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