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Author:

Pan, David, 1963-

Title:

Sacrifice in the modern world : on the particularity and generality of Nazi myth / David Pan.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

169 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Sacrifice--History--Germany--History--20th century.
National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.
Violence--History--Germany--History--20th century.
Mythology--History--Germany--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Violence and culture: the sublime from Kant to Adorno -- The politics of myth in the Nazi period: Alfred Baeumler and Carl Einstein -- Theories of sacrifice in the modern world: Georges Bataille, Rene Girard, and Walter Burkert -- The genealogy of Nazi morality.

ISBN:

0810128160 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810128163 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)749855423

LCCN:

2012011865

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)