Language Of The Third Reich: Lti, Lingua Tertii Imperii : A Philologist's Notebook - Brossura

Klemperer, Victor

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ISBN 10: 0826479170 ISBN 13: 9780826479174

Casa editrice: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2005

Riassunto

Under the Third Reich, the official language of Nazism came to be used as a political tool. The existing social culture was manipulated and subverted as the German people had their ethical values and their thoughts about politics, history and daily life recast in a new language. This Notebook, translated by Martin Brady and originally called LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii) - the abbreviation itself a parody of Nazified language - was written out of Klemperer's conviction that the language of the Third Reich helped to create its culture. As Klemperer writes: 'it isn't only Nazi actions that have to vanish, but also the Nazi cast of mind, the typical Nazi way of thinking, and its breeding ground: the language of Nazism.' This brilliant, entertaining, profound and ultimately saddening and horrifying book, is one of the great Twentieth-Century studies of language and of its engagement with history.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0826479170
• ISBN 13: 9780826479174
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile