The Language of the Third Reich: Lti: Lingua Tertii Imperii - Softcover

Klemperer, Victor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826457770 ISBN 13: 9780826457776

Publisher: Leicester University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Under the Third Reich, the official language of Nazism came to be used as a political tool. The existing social culture was manipulated and subverted as the German people had their ethical values and their thoughts about politics, history and daily life recast in a new language. This notebook, originally called LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii) - the abbreviation itself a parody of Nazified language - was written out of Klemperer's conviction that the language of the Third Reich helped to create its culture. As Klemperer writes: "it isn't only Nazi actions that have to vanish, but also the Nazi cast of mind, the typical Nazi way of thinking, and its breeding ground: the language of Nazism".

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Review

"'brilliantly conceived analysis that sought to crystallize the meaning of Nazism from its official language' Gordon A. Craig, Stanford University '... the most profound and entertaining study ever written in English of the impact of political tyranny on language. This book is a necessary and fascinating read.' Mark Mazower, New Statesman 'It deserves to be read by anyone interested in this period of history. A classic in the Literature on National Socialism.' Michael Burleigh, Times Literary Supplement 'valuable... compelling...classic' Hans Reiss, Emeritus Professor of German, University of Bristol in Times Higher Education Supplement"

About the Author

Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a front-line veteran of the First World War, became Professor of French Literature at Dresden University. As a Jew, he was removed from his university post in 1935 and only survived thanks to his marriage to an Aryan. Throughout the years 1933 to 1945 he kept detailed diaries, which contain in note form some of the raw material for LTI, of the German edition of 1975. Dr Martin Brady is a film historian, lecturer and artist.

Edition details

• Publisher: Leicester University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0826457770
• ISBN 13: 9780826457776
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304