Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-323) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Wehrkraft and Volkskraft : the "human economy" and performance enhancement during the Empire -- Conditioning bodies and minds during the Weimar Republic -- Conditioning people's comrades -- The Olympics of labour : the Reich vocational competitions, 1934-1939 -- The performance community at war -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Performance Anxiety analyses the efforts of German elites, from 1890 to 1945, to raise the productivity and psychological performance of workers through the promotion of mass sports. Michael Hau reveals how politicians, sports officials, medical professionals, and business leaders, articulated a vision of a human economy that was coopted in 1933 by Nazi officials in order to promote competition in the workplace. Hau's original and startling study is the first to establish how Nazi leaders' discourse about sports and performance was used to support their claims that Germany was on its way to becoming a true meritocracy. Performance Anxiety is essential reading for political, social, and sports historians alike."-- Provided by publisher.
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