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The explorer's roadmap to national-socialism : Sven Hedin, geography and the path to genocide
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The explorer's roadmap to national-socialism : Sven Hedin, geography and the path to genocide / Sarah K. Danielsson.
ISBN
1283591154
1409432130
9781283591157
9781409432135
1409432122
9781409432128
Published
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2005.
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Summary
Whilst terms such as Lebensraum are commonly associated with National-Socialist ideology of the 1930s and 40s, ideas of racial living space were in fact generated in the previous decades by an international geographic community of explorers and academics. Focusing on one of the most influential figures within this group, Sven Hedin, this is the first study that systematically connects the geographic community to the intellectual history of the development of National-Socialist ideology and genocidal practices.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Print version: Danielsson, Sarah Kristina. Explorer's roadmap to national-socialism. Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: at the heart of the matter: the politics of science
Part I. From geographer to political activist, 1880-1933: Geographical knowledge is world power: Sven Hedin's rise to fame and influence, 1885-1903; the ideological conviction of a germanic nationalist: Hedin the agitator, 1904-1913; at the front lines of the great war: defending the Germanic cause, 1914-1918; there is a cancer in the middle of Europe: Hedin's national-socialist blue-print, 1919-1934
Part II. The Nazi years and the aftermath, 1934-1952: The hour of retribution has struck: the fateful years, 1935-1938; on a mission in Berlin: plans for the East and the move towards genocide, 1939-1941; the truest friend of the Third Reich: justifying genocide, 1942-1945; the final years: Sven Hedin, Apologia pro vita sua
Conclusion: the politics of science: in defense of the indefensible.
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