Title Jewish exiles' psychological interpretations of Nazism / Avihu Zakai

Published Cham : Palgravce Macmillan, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- Wilhelm Reich and the Sexual Roots of Fascism -- A Psychological Inquiry into Totalitarianism: Erich Fromms Escape from Freedom -- Siegfried Kracauers From Caligari to Hitler: Weimar Cinema as Pandoras Box -- Erich Neumann and the Western Crisis of Ethics -- Epilogue Summary "Avihu Zakais Jewish Exiles Psychological Interpretations of Nazism provides a valuable new contribution to the scholarly debate on intellectual leadership in 'dark times. Building on his earlier work The Pen Confronts the Sword, Zakai again addresses the larger Kulturkampf leveled against fascism and Nazism. In this concise, accessible book, he demonstrates how four exiled German-Jewish thinkers--Wilhelm Reich, Erich Fromm, Siegfried Kracauer, and Erich Neumann--confronted Nazism through psychological inquiry and how their interpretations help us to make sense of the cultural response to totalitarianism."--Mark Clark, Kenneth Asbury Professor of History, The University of Virginias College at Wise, USA This book examines works of four German-Jewish scholars who, in their places of exile, sought to probe the pathology of the Nazi mind: Wilhelm Reichs The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933), Erich Fromms Escape from Freedom (1941), Siegfried Kracauers From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film (1947), and Erich Neumanns Depth Psychology and a New Ethic (1949). While scholars have examined these authors individual legacies, no comparative analysis of their shared concerns has yet been undertaken, nor have the content and form of their psychological inquiries into Nazism been seriously and systematically analyzed. Yet, the sense of urgency in their works calls for attention. They all took up their pens to counter Nazi barbarism, believing, like the English jurist and judge Sir William Blackstone, who wrote in 1753 - scribere est agere ("to write is to act"). Avihu Zakai is Emeritus Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also the author, most recently, of The Pen Confronts the Sword: Exiled German Scholars Challenge Nazism (2018) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957. Massenpsychologie des Faschismus Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980. Escape from freedom. Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966. From Caligari to Hitler Neumann, Erich. Tiefenpsychologie und neue Ethik SUBJECT Escape from freedom (Fromm, Erich) fast Subject Nazis -- Psychology National socialism -- Psychological aspects Jewish refugees. Jewish scholars. Second World War. Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology) Religion: general. History -- Military -- World War II. Psychology -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis. Religion -- General. Jewish scholars Jewish refugees National socialism -- Psychological aspects Nazis -- Psychology Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030540708 3030540707

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