Examines the contribution of leading scholars (philosophers, historians, scientists, and social scientists) to Nazi ideology before and during the Holocaust. This study is based on perusal of a large number of German publications and study of the activities of many "scientific" …
This classic book examines the role of leading scholars- philosophers, historians, and scientists- in Hitler's rise to power and eventual war of extermination against the Jews.
Stefan George (1868-1933) was one of the most important figures in modern German culture. His poetry, in its originality and impact, has been ranked with that of Goethe and HoÌlderlin. Yet George's reach extended beyond the sphere of literature. In the early 1900s, he gathered …
The ideas of the George Circle profoundly affected Germany's educated middle class, especially in the aftermath of the First World War, when their critique of bourgeois liberalism, materialism, and scholarship ('Wissenschaft') as well as their call for new forms of leadership ('…
Crime, detection, and German modernism -- Writing criminals : outsiders of society and the modernist case history -- Understanding criminals : the cases of Ella Klein and Franz Biberkopf -- Seeing criminals : mass murder, mass culture, mass public -- Tracking criminals : the cas…
The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public'…
The Weimar Republic (19181933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's…
