HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: General Position, Agrarian Society, Antisemitism
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The bermensch is a concept in the philosophy of friedrich nietzsche. Spoke zarathustra, nietzsche has his character zarathustra posit the bermensch as a goal for humanity to set for itself. Superman= a man who takes humanity one step forward by breaking from convention; da vinci jesus darwin etc. Mussolini and nazis embrace him as a philosopher. Gives mussolini right to do what he does in his mind. Mussolini eventually wants to be in on ww1 to revolutionize and assert as great power. As young man he was a bully; always loved violence. Volunteers for army and rises to a general position. All quiet on the western front= famous ww1 antiwar novel. For some, the war was a great adventure. Very difficult to adjust back to civilian life. One by one, facist police would take over city government. Italian soldiers had no nationalist pride to italy during the war due to a brief unified history.
