Talk:Weltanschauung of Hitler
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I am not sure that Hitler's "Weltanschauung" deserves a separate article, but, in any case, such an article should be called -- if the German word is used -- Hitler's weltanschauung (or Hitler's Weltanschauung?). Disambiguation Weltanschauung (Nazi) is not adequate: There is no separate meaning of the word "weltanschauung" in Nazi Germany. Nazis and Hitler had a (personal) Weltanschauung, and it would not even be correct to postulate Nazi weltanschauung = Hitler's weltanschauung. --Peter Schmitt 13:39, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- I'm perfectly willing to retitle it Hitler's weltanschauung. It is important to disambiguate it from more general uses such as those of Hegel or Nietzsche.
- Unfortunately, not all the references are online, but there is a very strong argument among historians, whom I cited, is that there is no such thing as a Nazi weltanschauung other than Hitler's. I think it's fair to say that most charismatic leaders with unique viewpoints have personal weltanschauung, not open to interpretation by anyone else. I am unaware of another Nazi that claimed to have one. Can you produce some references to that effect, or critique the ones I gave?
- As far as there being no separate meaning, would you say there is no separate meaning of "philosophy" or "value system"? Howard C. Berkowitz 17:43, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
- As for "Nazi weltanschauung": I expect that some "common" one can be found by analysis. But that was not my point. I only referred to it as a second argument against the title "Weltanschauung (Nazi)" -- you obviously want to talk about Hitler. Thus it is wrong to call it "Nazi" whether there is a Nazi weltanschauung or not.
- I agree with you: Every leader (every human!) has a weltanschauung. But your definition is written as if it were a special Nazi term:
- Weltanschauung (Nazi) [r]: Literally "world view", the set of ideas less specific than an ideology underlying Adolf Hitler's seeking of goals [e] Literally "world view", a utopian idea less specific than an ideology
- Weltanschauung [r]: (German, literally: View of the world) A comprehensive conception (by a person or a group of persons) of human life and its relation to the universe. [e]
- As for "separate meaning": I only wanted to say that Nazis used the term the same way as others (but had another weltanschauung).
- --Peter Schmitt 18:01, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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