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The Language of Political Messianism
Tijdschriftbijdrage - Tijdschriftartikel
Ondertitel:Religion in National Socialist Propaganda Poetry
Although National Socialism profoundly distrusted Christianity (and Catholicism
in particular), its main thinkers did not think it wise to reject it altogether, precisely
because the two thousand year old Christian myths, images, and symbols are an integral part of Western world view. Völkisch ideology rejected Jesus Christ as a historical figure, but instead tried to associate him with the vitalistic concept of Aryan life force. In propaganda literature, such as Heinrich Anacker’s, Christ was fitted into the Germanic foundations of National Socialism, which cleared the way for the representation of Adolf Hitler as a secularized Messiah in the Third Reich.
in particular), its main thinkers did not think it wise to reject it altogether, precisely
because the two thousand year old Christian myths, images, and symbols are an integral part of Western world view. Völkisch ideology rejected Jesus Christ as a historical figure, but instead tried to associate him with the vitalistic concept of Aryan life force. In propaganda literature, such as Heinrich Anacker’s, Christ was fitted into the Germanic foundations of National Socialism, which cleared the way for the representation of Adolf Hitler as a secularized Messiah in the Third Reich.
Tijdschrift: Bernoulli
ISSN: 1350-7265
Issue: 9
Volume: 6
Pagina's: 9-26
Trefwoorden:Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Anacker, Propaganda, Political religion, National Socialism
Toegankelijkheid:Open