A Nazi Interior: Quisling's Hidden Philosophy - Softcover

Barth, Else Margarete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3631508166 ISBN 13: 9783631508169

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, 2003

Synopsis

Vidkun Quisling, who after World War II was executed as a traitor to his country/Norway, offers an unusual opportunity to reach the deepest layers of a Nazi mind-set, for he was also a closet philosopher. Was Quisling a genius, as some revisionists will have it? What did the original Quisling think? How did he think? A Nazi Interior deals with Quisling's own all-embracing philosophy, which he called «Universism». The author identifies Quisling's sources from early Christianity to the twentieth century and analyses his very mode of thought. Barth is the first philosopher to deal with this matter. This book is constructed around twenty-eight basic themes central to Quisling's thought. Many of the conclusions come as a surprise. The author offers clear surveys of the elements of Quisling's mind-set and shows the effects of their interaction.

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About the Author

The Author: The Norwegian-Dutch philosopher Else Margarete Barth studied science and philosophy in Oslo, Trondheim, Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leyden and was Professor of philosophical logic and analytic philosophy at Utrecht and Groningen Universities. She is the author of various books and a great number of papers, most of which deal with forms of human reasoning and how they affect almost all aspects of human life, including politics. This work is a revised and largely expanded English translation of Gud, det er meg, Oslo, 1996.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631508166
• ISBN 13: 9783631508169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338