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- 作者：John Lowerson
- 关键词：Isaac de Pinto ; Voltaire ; Diderot ; Enlightenment ; Gaming ; Jewish problems
- 刊名：History of European Ideas
- 出版年：2007
- 出版时间：December 2007
- 年：2007
- 卷：33
- 期：4
- 页码：527-529
- 全文大小：62 K
文摘
This article is based on the assumption that core concepts of National Socialism—different from Marxism—turn not on economic, but on moral concepts, or categories heavily related to such concepts as honour, loyalty, decency and comradeship. The article investigates National Socialism from the standpoint of moral judgments, and turns this investigation into part of a moral history. It further is concerned with the continuing impact of National Socialism beyond the military, political and ideological defeat of 1945; the moral historical approach can show how this influence continues at a level hitherto relatively unexamined. The moral history of National Socialism involves more than a shift of perspective. It opens up a specific, barely explored, field of research. This draws upon a variety of sources, especially films (Hotel Sacher—1939 and Downfall—2004 are discussed). The examination is directed to the concept of loyalty within this framework; it is a concept of virtue, which is moreover suited to illuminate some aspects of the functioning of Nazi morality, and its subsequent influence.