Modernist Neo‐classicism and Antiquity in the Political Religion of Nazism: Adolf Hitler as Poietes of the Third Reich

The debate surrounding the relation between Hitler’s interest in architectural neo‐classicism and his reception of antiquity has often proceeded from the assumption of a deep nostalgia for a (deeply mythicised) classical ‘Aryan’ past and an instinctive drive to use anti‐modernist art for solely prop...

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Main Author: Nelis, Jan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2008
In: Totalitarian movements and political religions
Year: 2008, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 475-490
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