390 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The first theoretically informed study of the relationship between an academic discipline and what the Nazis termed their Weltanschauung. The first study of Sinnbildforschung, German ideograph or swastika studies, though more broadly it tells the tale of the development of German antiquarian studies (ancient Germanic history, archaeology, anthropology, folklore, historical linguistics and... Read more
Introduction: ‘Issues concerning the Teutons’, Chapter 1. The Tradition of Völkisch Germanism Chapter 2. History and Intuition Chapter 3. Origins of Ideographic Studies Chapter 4. Germanic Resurgence Chapter 5. National Socialism and Antiquity Chapter 6. Intellectual Prehistory Chapter 7. Academic Response Chapter 8. The Expansion of the Ahnenerbe Chapter 9. Into the Academy Chapter 10. Epilogue, Aftermath Conclusion: The Secret Garden, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Bernard Mees is Faculty Member at the University of Tasmania, TSBE. He holds a doctorate from and is a fellow in historical studies at the University of Melbourne and also lectures in history at RMIT University.
