Fritz Stern
Fritz Stern (1926-2016) was a prominent historian and scholar specializing in modern European history, particularly German history. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), and fled with his family to the United States in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution. Stern was best known for his work on the political and cultural history of Germany in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and he authored several influential books, including 'The Politics of Cultural Despair: A Study in the Rise of the Germanic Ideology' and 'Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bleichröder, and the Building of the German Empire'. His contributions to the field earned him numerous accolades and he served as a professor at Columbia University for many years.
Books
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1. The Politics Of Cultural Despair
This book is a critical historical analysis that delves into the intellectual roots of cultural pessimism in Germany leading up to the rise of National Socialism. It examines the works and influence of three prominent conservative critics from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who lamented the perceived decline of traditional values and the erosion of social cohesion in the face of modernity and liberalism. The author argues that their reactionary critique of contemporary culture and their yearning for a return to an idealized past laid the groundwork for the ideological underpinnings of fascism, demonstrating how cultural despair can be manipulated into political extremism.
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