How could it happen that a highly developed modern nation like Germany allowed itself to be used by Hitler and his followers in the NSDAP for their barbaric goals and accepted the self-destruction of its own political, cultural and moral foundations? The experiences of war, persecution and terror continue to have an impact to this day and shape the conflicts between the generations. They form the indelible basis for ever new attempts to keep history alive in the collective memory. M. Rainer Lepsius (1928–2014), the doyen of German post-war sociology, devoted numerous studies to the social preconditions that led to the emergence and rise of National Socialism. His lecture Sociology of National Socialism, held at the University of Mannheim in the 1980s, merges his relevant research into a major essay that combines the rigour of academic argumentation with the freshness of a lively narrative style – and is thus comparable to the legendary works of Sebastian Haffner and Hannah Arendt.
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Edition
1/2026
Copyright Year
2026
ISBN-Print
9783465046325
ISBN-Online
978-3-465-14632-2
Publisher
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
Series
Klostermann Rote Reihe
Volume
166
Language
German
Pages
209
Product Type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Inhaltsverzeichnis No access
Einleitung der Herausgeber No access Pages 7 - 14
1. Programm der Vorlesung No access Pages 15 - 19
2. Totalitarismus, Faschismus, Nationalsozialismus und Hitlerismus No access Pages 20 - 37
3. Hitlers Sozialisation und politische Formierung No access Pages 38 - 56
4. Der extreme Nationalismus und die deutschen Eliten No access Pages 57 - 78
5. Der »Führer« als Charismaträger No access Pages 79 - 100
6. Charismatische Herrschaft als Regimeform No access Pages 101 - 118
7. Charismatische Herrschaft als nationale Vergemeinschaftung No access Pages 119 - 141
8. Die Ent- und Neulegitimierung der politischen Ordnung No access Pages 142 - 165
