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The german genius6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() All that came undone with the rise of Nazism, one result of which was a thorough disavowal of that culture. Every humanist scholar was indebted to thinkers such as Hegel and Kant, every reformer to Marx and Engels, every musician to Beethoven and Mozart, every scientist to Röntgen and Einstein. The 20th century should have belonged to the German-speaking world. Germany, said historian Norbert Elias, “cannot move ahead until a convincing explanation for the rise of Hitler has been given.” British journalist and scholar Watson ( Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, 2005, etc.) offers several in this sweeping survey of German culture. ![]()
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