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2001-07-01

THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler's Genocides

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  • Gustav Ando Universidad de Uppsala

This paper is an attempt to analyse the influence that Nietzsche’s philosophy had on the Nazi bureaucratic apparatus that conducted important parts of the Holocaust. Bauman’s sociological interpretation of the Holocaust will be used to argue that Nietzsche, as a committed anti-moralist, had a profound effect on the bureaucratic perpetrators of the Holocaust. Thus, Nietzsche became the ideological swastika of the Nazi party.

Este artículo intenta analizar la influencia que la filosofía de Nietzsche tuvo sobre el aparato burocrático Nazi encargado de conducir partes fundamentales del Holocausto. Se asumirá la interpretación sociológica de Bauman para sostener que Nietzsche, como comprometido antimoralista, infuyó profundamente sobre dicho aparato, convirtiendose así en la esvástica ideológica del partido Nazi

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Ando, G. (2001). THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides. Saga – The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of National University of Colombia, 2(4), 29–42. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936

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ANDO, G. THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides. Saga – The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of National University of Colombia, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 4, p. 29–42, 2001. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936. Acesso em: 27 sep. 2024.

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Ando, Gustav. 2001. “THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides”. Saga – The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of National University of Colombia 2 (4):29-42. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936.

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Ando, G. (2001) “THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides”, Saga – The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of National University of Colombia, 2(4), pp. 29–42. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936 (Accessed: 27 September 2024).

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G. Ando, “THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides”, Saga: Rev. Estud. Filos., vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 29–42, Jul. 2001.

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Ando, G. “THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides”. Saga – The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of National University of Colombia, vol. 2, no. 4, July 2001, pp. 29-42, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936.

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Ando, Gustav. “THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides”. Saga – The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of National University of Colombia 2, no. 4 (July 1, 2001): 29–42. Accessed September 27, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936.

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Ando G. THUS SPOKE ADOLF: Nietzsche and the Perpetrators of Hitler’s Genocides. Saga: Rev. Estud. Filos. [Internet]. 2001 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Sep. 27];2(4):29-42. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/saga/article/view/14936

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