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The Cause of Hitler's Germany

by Leonard Peikoff

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A philosophical argument about the ideas behind Nazism

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    Praise from Ayn Rand

    Ayn Rand praises the book as a revolutionary idea and commends its clarity, structure, and reasoning.

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A philosophical argument about the ideas behind Nazism

Leonard Peikoff examines pre-Nazi Germany through an Objectivist philosophical lens, concentrating on the public slogans and moral concepts he identifies as groundwork for the Nazi regime. The book connects appeals to self-sacrifice, duty, racial “truth,” the public good, and mysticism to Peikoff’s broader argument about collectivism and unreason. Originally published as part of The Ominous Parallels, this revised edition presents a sustained ideological interpretation of how a modern German society could become Nazi Germany, rather than a general chronological history of the period.

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  • Readers interested in Objectivist political philosophy
  • Those studying ideological explanations of Nazi Germany
  • Readers interested in debates about collectivism, reason, and political culture

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Nazi GermanyObjectivismCollectivismReason and mysticismPolitical ideology

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"A truly revolutionary idea... Clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned."--Ayn Rand

Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial "truth," the public good, doing one's duty--these are among the seductive catchphrases that circulated in pre-Nazi Germany. Objectivist author and philosopher Leonard Peikoff was Ayn Rand's long-time associate. In The Cause of Hitler's Germany--previously published in The Ominous Parallels--Peikoff demonstrates how unreason and collectivism led the seemingly civilized German society to become a Nazi regime.
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