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Historians, political scientists and philosophers have studied Nazism with a specific focus on its religious and pseudo-religious aspects.〔''"Semi-religious beliefs in a race of Aryan god-men, the needful extermination of inferiors, and an idealized millennial future of German world-domination obsessed Hitler, Himmler and many other high-ranking Nazi leaders."'' Goodrick-Clarke, 1985, 203〕 It has been debated whether Nazism would constitute a political religion, and there has also been research on the millenarian, messianic, and occult or esoteric aspects of Nazism. ==Nazism as political religion== Among the writers who alluded before 1980 to the religious aspects of National Socialism are Aurel Kolnai, Raymond Aron, Albert Camus, Romano Guardini, Denis de Rougemont, Eric Voegelin, George Mosse, Klaus Vondung and Friedrich Heer.〔Goodrick-Clarke 2004: vi. 〕 Voegelin's work on political religion was first published in German in 1938. Emilio Gentile and Roger Griffin, among others, have drawn on his concept. The French author and philosopher Albert Camus is mentioned here, since he has made some remarks about Nazism as a religion and about Adolf Hitler in particular in ''L'Homme révolté''.〔Albert Camus 1951, L'Homme révolté , Gallimard, pp. 17f, 222, 227f.〕 Outside a purely academic discourse, public interest mainly concerns the relationship between Nazism and Occultism, and between Nazism and Christianity. The interest in the first relationship is obvious from the modern popular myth of Nazi occultism. The persistent idea that the Nazis were directed by occult agencies has been dismissed by historians as modern cryptohistory.〔Goodrick-Clarke 1985: 218〕 The interest in the second relationship is obvious from the debate about Adolf Hitler's religious views--specifically, whether he was a Christian or not.〔Some examples from the discussion on the Internet: *(''The Straight Dope'' - was Hitler Christian? ) *(Kevin Davidson, "Was Hitler a Christian?" ) *(Adolf Hitler - Christian, Atheist, or Neither? ) *(Hitler's religious beliefs and fanaticism ) *(The Religious Affiliation of Adolf Hitler )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religious aspects of Nazism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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