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The Philosophy of Life and Death

Ludwig Klages and the Rise of a Nazi Biopolitics
By:Nitzan Lebovic
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137342058
eText ISBN:9781137342065
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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Some of the first figures the Nazis conscripted in their rise to power were rhetoricians devoted to popularizing the German vocabulary of Leben (life). This fascinating study reexamines this movement through one of its most prominent exponents, Ludwig Klages, revealing the philosophical-cultural crises and political volatility of the Weimar era.