Hitler framed mass domination as artistic creation by the leader.

Evidence

In a similar vein, Hitler described himself as an artist who created history through his domination of the masses where they themselves were incapable of creation. As Susan Sontag wrote of Nazi Germany bnever before was the relation of masters and slaves so consciously aetheticizedQ (cited in Spotts, 2002, p. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 17

Categorization

• XREF: Sontag’s ‘Fascinating Fascism’ aestheticization thesis — a strong cross-source echo for an essay on leaders embodying collective identity while treating members as raw matter. — connects to: Mussolini conceived of the masses as inert material for the leader to sculpt. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 16; Heidegger admired Hitler as a craftsman shaping Germany, not as an ideologue — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 282; Nazi power operated by crafting a rational make-believe world for victims — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 580

Broader Connections

• Heidegger admired Hitler as a craftsman shaping Germany, not as an ideologue #exemplifies (0.78) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 282
• Nazi power operated by crafting a rational make-believe world for victims #qualifies (0.72) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 580