The Cause of Hitler's Germany
352 pages
|Published: 25 Nov 2014
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ISBN: 9780142181478
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 25 November 2014
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“A truly revolutionary idea… Clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned.”—Ayn Rand
Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial “truth,” the public good, doing one’s duty—these are among the seductive catchphrases that circulated in pre-Nazi Germany. Objectivist author and philosopher Leonard Peikoff was Ayn Rand’s long-time associate. In The Cause of Hitler’s Germany— previously published in The Ominous Parallels— Peikoff demonstrates how unreason and collectivism led the seemingly civilized German society to become a Nazi regime.
Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial “truth,” the public good, doing one’s duty—these are among the seductive catchphrases that circulated in pre-Nazi Germany. Objectivist author and philosopher Leonard Peikoff was Ayn Rand’s long-time associate. In The Cause of Hitler’s Germany— previously published in The Ominous Parallels— Peikoff demonstrates how unreason and collectivism led the seemingly civilized German society to become a Nazi regime.
