Linguistics and the Third Reich - Mother-Tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language

Zusatztext '...an extremely interesting book.' - Winifred V. Davies! German Politics Vol. 9! No.3 Dec 2000 Informationen zum Autor Christopher M. Hutton currently teaches linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Hong Kong. He previously taught Yiddish Studies at the University of Texas, USA and at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, UK. Klappentext This book presents an insightful account of the academic politics of the Nazi era and analyses the work of selected linguists, including Jos Trier and Leo Weisgerber. Hutton situates Nazi linguistics within the politics of Hitler's state and within the history of modern linguistics. Zusammenfassung This book is an insightful account of the academic politics of the Nazi era. Hutton situates Nazi linguistics within the politics of Hitler's state and the history of modern linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Whose History?; Chapter 2 The Defence of Cultural Diversity; Chapter 3 Academic Politics; Chapter 4 Etymology as Collective Therapy; Chapter 5 The Strange Case of Sonderführer Weisgerber; Chapter 6 ‘A Complicated Young Man with a Complicated Fate, in a Complicated Time’; Chapter 7 Yiddish Linguistics and National Socialism; Chapter 8 Vitalist Linguistics; Chapter 9 Linguistics, Race and the Horror of Assimilation;

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hutton, Hutton Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.1998
• EAN: 9780415189545
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18954-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, HISTORY / Europe / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Political oppression and persecution