POL 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nazism, Axis Powers, Houston Stewart Chamberlain

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 307
• Professor: Sylvia Thompson

Document Summary

Idealized version of people who are healthy, pure, non decadent. 60 million people died in military, 3% of world"s population. Irrationalism- fascism and nazism is based off of. Tradition and culture and importance on idea of focushness. Believed that it was impossible for people to use reason and to determine what made things work. The will : something that controlled things that were going on in the world. Thought the force was will to power, individual had a driving motivation or force to seize some goal (knowledge) Thought the next level of human evolution will be superior to us, similar to how we believe we are superior to animals. Over man conflict distinction between ruler and ruled, superior and inferior people can be created or changed. Life is a product of the will . Mental and physical reality are impacted by the will . - erratic line, uncontrollable, irresistible force that existed in the world.