Pan-German ideology replaced universal humanity with tribal solidarity
Evidence
Hitler frequently commented on the relationship between state and party, and always emphasized that not the state, but the race, or the “united folk community,” was of primary importance (cf. the afore-quoted speech, reprinted as annex to the Tischgespräche). In his speech at the Nuremberg Parteitag of 1935, he gave this theory its most succinct expression: “It is not the state that commands us, but we who command the state.” It is self-evident that, in practice, such powers of command are possible only if the institutions of the party remain independent from those of the state. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2780 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: German race-thinking arose to unite people against foreign domination, unlike French class weapon; Tribal nationalism denies common humanity by insisting on absolute uniqueness of the people — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 578; Nazi ideology subordinated the state to the racial folk community — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2780
Related
- Nazi ideology subordinated the state to the racial folk community (similarity 0.92)
- German race-thinking arose as a substitute for missing political nationhood (similarity 0.90)
- Nazism exploited a breakdown of state worship, not excessive state-worship. (similarity 0.85)
- Nazism inverted the Prussian ideal by prioritizing party membership over state office (similarity 0.83)
- German race-thinking emerged to unify and resist foreign rule, not to split the nation. (similarity 0.80)
- Pan-nationalist thought denied that humanity as such commanded any loyalty. (similarity 0.80)
- Early German race-thinking was so entangled with nationalism that the two become nearly indistinguishable. (similarity 0.80)
- The Nazi state distributed the sovereign power to kill across all citizens (similarity 0.80)
- German race-thinking arose to unite people against foreign domination, unlike French class weapon (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Nazi ideology subordinated the state to the racial folk community
#corroborates(0.95) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2780