National Socialism as a Political Religion.

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  • Author(s): Burleigh, Michael
  • Source:
    Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions. Autumn2000, Vol. 1 Issue 2, p1. 26p.
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    • Abstract:
      Explores the ways in which theories of political religion can contribute to the understanding of the totalitarian regimes in the twentieth century. Details of the analogies between monotheistic religion, Christian or Islamic, and Communism; Impact of World War I on the sacralization of politics; Factors that led to the diffusion among combatants of political notions as a total religious experience; Patterns of fascist and Nazi faiths; Information on national socialism.