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Article: Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. .(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. Frederic Spotts. Hutchinson. [pounds sterling]25.00. 488 pages. ISBN 0-09-179394-7. Throughout recorded history rulers have built monuments to themselves, from the Pyramids to Saddam Hussein's crossed swords in Baghdad. Hitler's regime was different for two reasons. First, Hitler had a profound interest in the arts, including what we now call the 'built environment'. Second, Hitler and his supporters realised that if they took away democracy in Germany they could replace it with a new order that involved most Germans through creating a world which reflected their restored self-importance. Victory in war would lead to monumental and ...