{"product_id":"masses-and-man-nationalist-and-fascist-perceptions-of-reality-paperback-softback-9780299347642","title":"Masses and Man; Nationalist and Fascist Perceptions of Reality (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299347642","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMasses and Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNationalist and Fascist Perceptions of Reality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge L. Mosse (Author), Enzo Traverso (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299347642\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e382 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w illustration\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Stimulating and well written.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn fourteen essays that speak to the full breadth of George L. Mosse’s intellectual horizons and scholarly legacy, \u003ci\u003eMasses and Man\u003c\/i\u003e explores radical nationalism, fascism, and Jewish modernity in twentieth-century Europe. Breaking from the conventions of historical analysis, Mosse shows that “secular religions” like fascism cannot be understood only as the products of socioeconomic or intellectual histories but rather must be approached first and foremost as cultural phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasses and Man\u003c\/i\u003e comprises three parts. The first lays out a cultural history of nationalism, essentially the first of its kind, emphasizing the importance of sacred expressions like myths, symbols, and rituals as appropriated in a political context. The second zeroes in on fascism’s most dramatic irruptions in European history in the rise of Italian Fascism and the Nazi Party in Germany, elucidating these as not just political movements but also cultural and even aesthetic ones. The third part considers nationalism and fascism from the particular standpoint of German Jews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taken in full, the volume offers an eloquent summation of Mosse’s groundbreaking insights into European nationalism, fascism, and Jewish history in the twentieth century. A new critical introduction by Enzo Traverso helpfully situates Mosse’s work in context and exposes the many ways in which \u003ci\u003eMasses and Man\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1980, remains relevant today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e A Critical Introduction by Enzo Traverso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Nationalism and Human Perceptions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I\u003cbr\u003e 1. Literature and Society in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 2. What Germans Really Read\u003cbr\u003e 3. Death, Time, and History: VÖ\u003cbr\u003elkisch Utopia and Its Transcendence\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Poet and the Exercise of Political Power: Gabriele D’\u003cbr\u003eAnnunzio\u003cbr\u003e 5. Caesarism, Circuses, and Monuments\u003cbr\u003e 6. The French Right and the Working Classes: Les Jaunes\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Heritage of Socialist Humanism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II\u003cbr\u003e 8. Toward a General Theory of Fascism\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Occult Origins of National Socialism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Nazi Polemical Theater: The \u003ci\u003eKampfbü\u003cbr\u003ehne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fascism and the Avant-Garde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Secularization of Jewish Theology\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Jews and the German War Experience, 1914–\u003cbr\u003e1918\u003cbr\u003e 14. German Socialists and the Jewish Question in the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685371048216,"sku":"9780299347642","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/masses-and-man-nationalist-and-fascist-perceptions-of-reality-paperback-softback-9780299347642","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}