Hitler

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani often returns to Hitler through the slogan he attributes to the pre-war bourgeoisie, "better Hitler than the Popular Front." He uses it to explain the concessions at Munich, where it was hoped that Hitler would turn toward the USSR, and the delay of the second front123. He challenges the notion of totalitarianism, which in his view brings Hitler out of his historical isolation by giving him Stalin as a companion45. He recalls that Hitler admired Henry Ford, came to power through universal suffrage and placed Nazi philosophers, such as Baeumler, in the universities. He also mentions Heidegger, who speaks of a duty of Eros toward the Führer6. The fact that Hitler was Austrian like Mozart serves him as an example of an abstract determination, one that says nothing about what is essential7. He also stresses the shift from nation to race and the "Judeo-Bolshevism" amalgam. Finally, he notes certain contrasts: Hitler invoked Wagner but preferred Viennese operetta, and he was a vegetarian.

1. 1Dominique Pagani sur Michel Clouscard - Les chemins de la praxis 1/28 Dec 2015 · 31:59
2. 2#5.2 L’Odyssée du philosophe : La pensée révolutionnaire21 Nov 2018 · 41:55
3. 3AFRIQUE SAHÉLIENNE ET IMPÉRIALISME : Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger - avec Dominique PAGANI23 Mar 2024 · 1:15:52
4. 4Mann (Thomas)23 Oct 2019 · 18:25
5. 5ÉTAT ET APPAREIL D'ÉTAT - Le conflit du public et du privé29 Aug 2025 · 13:59
6. 6#6 • Les Attelé(e)s de la confinitude26 Apr 2020 · 1:42:26
7. 7La Phénoménologie de L'esprit2 Jul 2018 · 1:11:50

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