Category Archives: Adolf Hitler

Hitler Laughing: Comedy in the Third Reich (6-21-21)

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Cultural historian William Grange 01:00 Alexander Technique 03:00 My 2007 interview with William Grange 07:00 Aging and cognitive power 09:30 Writers block 12:00 American identity 15:00 African-American identity 20:00 The civil rights revolution 22:00 American theater and American identity … Continue reading →

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The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia 1880-1939

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Luke Ford

John Carey writes in this 1993 book: * This book is about the response of the English literary intelligentsia to the new phenomenon of mass culture. It argues that modernist literature and art can be seen as a hostile reaction … Continue reading →

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Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics (2009)

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Luke Ford

From the 2009 edition Introduction by the author Frederic Spotts: * You can discuss Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot with calm reason. But it is almost impossible to talk about Hitler rationally. When, in 2000, Time magazine was considering whom … Continue reading →

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Hitler’s True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2020 book by professor Robert Gellately: * Hitler said of the NSDAP in the 1920s that “90 ninety percent of it was made up by left-wing people.” He also thought it was “decisive” that … Continue reading →

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One man’s adventure beyond good & evil

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Luke Ford

If you can’t read a book without losing your mind, and you’re not willing to do the work to get sane, then you should get a legal guardian who makes all important decisions for you. People love to blame anyone … Continue reading →

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