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S'està carregant… Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Lifede Timothy W. Ryback
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I managed to finish this one. In terms of pacing, it is a bit slow and dry at times. However, it does give a pretty good glimpse of the kinds of books Hitler collected. What I found fascinating is how the author looks at Hitler's markings and notes in order to get a sense of what Hitler may have been thinking or paying attention to at the time. The book covers a selection of items from Hitler's personal library as a way to look at his life. I certainly recommend it but plan on taking some time to read it. It is an interesting and different look at the man as opposed to the many biographies that are out there. So, in that regard, it would be a good recommendation. Also, if you just like books about the history of books, this is a pretty good choice. ( ) Walter Benjamin sosteneva che si può raccontare molto, di un uomo, osservando i libri che ha letto. E cosa possono svelare, i libri, della vita di chi li ha posseduti, della personalità e delle idee di chi li ha compulsati e annotati se questo appassionato lettore è Adolf Hitler? Timothy Ryback è il primo studioso a occuparsi della biblioteca privata del Führer, rinvenuta in parte nelle città di Monaco e Berlino, in parte nelle stanze del quartier generale del partito nazionalsocialista, nonché tra le ceneri del Berghof, la residenza estiva fatta costruire sulle montagne della Baviera. Furono le forze sovietiche e poi quelle americane, all'indomani della vittoria nella seconda guerra mondiale, a scavare nelle rovine e a trovare le prime tracce delle letture hitleriane: dalle numerose prime edizioni del Mein Kampf, ai libri di arte, architettura, fotografia, ai molti volumi di politica e di propaganda. Collezionista eclettico e asistematico, Hitler amava Shakespeare, era solito citare frasi tratte da Amleto o Giulio Cesare e dimostrò sempre uno spiccato interesse per le Sacre Scritture. “Originale o plagiario, l’uomo è il romanziere di se stesso”, scrisse Ortega y Gasset. La frase l'ho scelta da tempo per caratterizzare i miei interessi nella lettura. La trovate anche in testa a questo blog. Mai come in questo caso, questa frase si adatta per chi questo libro è stato scritto. Superfluo e scontato dire che la vita stessa del Fuehrer e´ un romanzo, un giallo, un noir e quant´altro si possa dire sul personaggio. Ma qui sono in ballo le sue letture, i libri che lo hanno formato, modellato, fatto pensare e fare cio´ che ha fatto e ancora oggi si cerca di capire come e perche´ l´ha potuto fare. Scorrendo i titoli che l´autore di questo libro gli attribuisce mi sono davvero spaventato. Non tanto per il numero dei titoli quanto per i nomi degli autori. Molti sono nella mia biblioteca, molti amici e conoscenti li avranno anche loro. Siamo persone normali, peró , almeno speriamo. Ma allora resta lecita la domanda: leggere e´ pericoloso? O almeno leggere questi libri che Hitler ha letto ci puo´ fare diventare tanti piccoli o grandi Hitler? Mamma mia che impressione mi fa! Giuro che mi vien voglia di non leggere piu`… A consideration of Hitler's political thought by examining his surviving books, Ryback contrasts what Hitler liked to read (popular fiction, military history, occult & spiritualist works) with the ideological polemics that his early backers and inner circle fed him so Hitler had the necessary ammo for use in his political struggles. Of particular interest is that Hitler might well have not written "Mein Kampf" had he not been challenged by better-educated men for leadership of the Nazi Party, and thus establishing the pattern by which the energetic autodidact became a determined consumer of information and arguments to defend his perspectives. As for what these perspectives really were, never mind the attempts to link Hitler to assorted German philosophers like Hegel & Nietzsche. The real foundation of Hitler's thought was Johann Gottlieb Fichte, who while not speculating about the human condition also cut a strong figure as a super patriot in response to Prussian defeat at the hands of Napoleon. Fichte called for the unification of the German peoples in pursuit of a Germanic manifest destiny, while, at the same time, fiercely keeping Jewish culture marginalized (if not eliminated) in the envisioned Greater Reich. While a fairly light read you could do worse in terms of getting a quick overview of the interests and fears that drove Hitler in his personal & political agendas. While it deals with some complex topics, the book is a quite interesting and enjoyable read. Each chapter looks at Hitler's life at a different stage, starting with his WWI service and ending in the Bunker in Berlin at the end of WWII. Each chapter details a particular book that Hitler owned and looks at both the history of Hitler at that time as well as the background of the book, how it came into his collection, what the book is about and the history behind the book and often the author. I was very impressed with this book. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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An original exploration of some of the formative influences in Hitler's life--the books he most revered, and how they shaped the man and his thinking. Hitler's education and worldview were formed largely from the books in his private library. Recently, hundreds of those books were discovered in the Library of Congress by Timothy Ryback, complete with Hitler's marginalia on their pages--underlines, question marks, exclamation points, scrawled comments. Ryback traces the path of the key phrases and ideas that Hitler incorporated into his writing, speeches, conversations, self-definition, and actions. In the process, he demonstrates the ability of books to preserve in vivid ways the lives of their collectors.--From publisher description. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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