Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics - Softcover

Spotts, Mr Frederic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468316710 ISBN 13: 9781468316711

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2018

Synopsis

A startling reassessment of Hitler's aims and motivations, Frederic Spotts's Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics is a deftly argued and highly original work that provides a key to fuller understanding of the Third Reich. In this acclaimed work, Spotts convincingly demonstrates that contrary to the traditional view that Hitler had no life outside of politics, Hitler's interest in the arts was as intense as his racism--and that he used the arts to disguise the heinous crimes that were the means to fulfilling his ends.Hitler's vision of the Aryan superstate was to be expressed as much in art as in politics: culture was not only the end to which power should aspire, but the means of achieving it.

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Review:

A fascinating contribution to our understanding of Hitler's complex, chaotic, and catastrophic personality, and a compelling study of Hitler's artistic policies in the Third Reich.

Written with the erudition of a scholar and the page-turning power of a suspense novelist.

Extraordinary . . . Opens an amazing and instructive window onto the Nazi era and Hitler himself.

Spotts's study of the Führer's fascination with architecture, painting, sculpture, and music is elegantly composed and richly documented.

About the Author:

Frederic Spotts has written numerous books on European political and cultural affairs. His study of Bayreuth is regarded as the standard work on the subject. Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics was written while Spotts was a visiting scholar at the Institute for International Affairs at UC Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1468316710
• ISBN 13: 9781468316711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480