Metapolitics: From Wagner and the German Romantics to Hitler
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In the 1941 first edition (Alfred A. Knopf), in the context of a very possible Nazi victory, poet, critic, and historian Vierick indicted Hitler in terms of the Judaic-Christian ethical tradition, and located certain elements of the Nazi worldview in German romantic poetry, music, and social thought. He added several appendices for a second edition (Putnam Capricorn) in the calmer times of 1961 and 1965, and here adds a hundred pages updating the understanding of German culture and including quotes from Cosima Wagner's diaries about her husband Richard. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction to the Transaction EditionThomas Mann on MetapoliticsNew Survey for the 1960'sMetapoliticsIThe "German Problem"3II"Romanticism" and the Cult of "Life": An Attempt at Definition16IIIFrom 1648 to 1848: The Two Sols in Action48IVFather Jahn, the First Storm Trooper63VSiegfried: The Metapolitics of Richard Wagner90VIHitler and Wagner126VIIGreenwich Village Warriors144VIII"O Sacred Mediterranean": Solution to the German Problem178IXRealpolitik: Fichte, Hegel, Treitschke, Hitler189XA Different View of the German Republic209XIProphet Laureate of Metapolitics: Part I214XIIProphet Laureate of Metapolitics: Part II240XIIINazi Religion versus Christian Religion281XIVMetapolitics in Action: The Theology of Terror303The Rooted German317Discoveries in German CultureEpigraph: "To Be Sung"322IAlbert Speer and Steeled Romanticism323IIIn Search of Stauffenberg329IIIOgling through Ice: The Sullen Lyricism of Georg Heym337IVThe Flawed Genius of Stefan George and His Historical Context358VTwilight of the Outward Life454Bibliography459Synopsis of Rosenberg's Posts and Influence478Rosenberg Versus Hitler in Russia480App. APro and Con: Two Reviews of Original Edition482App. BAcknowledgments, Wagner's Transvestism, and "Harshness"495Selected Bibliography of Books503Index507
