ENG 720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mein Kampf
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Shots of hitler from below, make him seem more god-like. This is the danger that burke and plato noticed. Danger of using rhetoric to draw people together, uni cation. What if it"s in the wrong hands hitler. This is why we have to analyze these texts, to nd out how and why it works. Every movement requires a point of orientation. For hitler, orientation point is focused on a common enemy. Unifying scapegoat is the problem in economic trouble. Hitler describes struggle between reason and heart favours reason. Reason. became a slogan carried under the slogan irrationally. Managed to transform spiritual ancestry of germany into superior ancestry of aryanism. Acknowledged that rhetoric hasn"t been taught in europe. Wanted to understand how a nation could be persuaded to do something morally wrong. Turned to study of law and justice. Attempt to understand rise of facism and how to prevent violence in politics. Pay attention to this in the reading.
