According to Mein Kampf (My Struggle), first published in 1925, Hitler developed his political theories during a short stay in prison. Hitler outlines his views based on a racial, religious, and cultural hierarchy, placing "Aryans" at the top as the superior race, and Jews, Gypsies, and Slavic people at the bottom. His political policies emerged after closely examining and questioning the policies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hitler was born as a citizen of the Empire, and believed that ethnic and linguistic diversity had we ...

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Nazism, Nazism - Ideological theory, Nazism - Nazi Theory, Nazism - Key elements of the Nazi ideology, Nazism - Nazism and romanticism, Nazism - Nazi mysticism, Nazism - Ideological competition, Nazism - Support of anti-Communists for Fascism and Nazism, Nazism - Nazism and Persians, Nazism - Economic practice, Nazism - Effects, Nazism - Backlash effects, Nazism - People and history, Nazism - Nazism in relation to other concepts, Nazism - The role of the nation, Nazism - Factors which promoted the success of Nazism, Nazism - Nazi / Third Reich terminology in popular culture, Nazism - Holy sites, Nazism - Notes

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Nazism, Nazism - Ideological theory, Nazism - Nazi Theory, Nazism - Nazi mysticism, Nazism - Key elements of the Nazi ideology, Nazism - Nazism and romanticism, Nazism - Ideological competition, Nazism - Support of anti-Communists for Fascism and Nazism, Nazism - Nazism and Persians, Nazism - Economic practice, Nazism - Effects, Nazism - Backlash effects, Nazism - People and history, Nazism - Nazism in relation to other concepts, Nazism - The role of the nation, Nazism - Factors which promoted the success of Nazism, Nazism - Nazi / Third Reich terminology in popular culture, Nazism - Holy sites

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Nazism - Nazism and romanticism. According to Bertrand Russell, Nazism comes from a different tradition from that of either liberalism or Marxism. Thus, to understand values of Nazism, it is necessary to explore this connection, without trivializing the movement as it was in its peak years in the 1930s and dismissing it as little more than racism. Many historians say that the anti-Semitic element, which did not exist in the sister fascism movements in Italy and Spain, was adopted by Hitler to gain populari ...

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Nazism, Nazism - Ideological theory, Nazism - Nazi Theory, Nazism - Key elements of the Nazi ideology, Nazism - Nazism and romanticism, Nazism - Nazi mysticism, Nazism - Ideological competition, Nazism - Support of anti-Communists for Fascism and Nazism, Nazism - Nazism and Persians, Nazism - Economic practice, Nazism - Effects, Nazism - Backlash effects, Nazism - People and history, Nazism - Nazism in relation to other concepts, Nazism - The role of the nation, Nazism - Factors which promoted the success of Nazism, Nazism - Nazi / Third Reich terminology in popular culture, Nazism - Holy sites, Nazism - Notes

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Nazi organizations National Socialist German Workers Party Sturmabteilung Schutzstaffel Hitler Youth Lebensborn National Socialist Motor Corps Nazism in history Early Nazi Timeline Beer Hall Putsch Nuremberg rally Third Reich Night of the Long Knives Nur für Deutsche Nazi concepts Glossary of the Third Reich National Socialist Program Racial policy of Nazi Germany Führerprinzip Lebensraum V ...

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• Nazism - Ideological theory
• Nazism - Nazi Theory
• Nazism - Nazi mysticism
• Nazism - Key elements of the Nazi ideology
• Nazism - Nazism and romanticism
• Nazism - Ideological competition
• Nazism - Support of anti-Communists for Fascism and Nazism
• Nazism - Nazism and Persians
• Nazism - Economic practice
• Nazism - Effects
• Nazism - Backlash effects
• Nazism - People and history
• Nazism - Nazism in relation to other concepts
• Nazism - The role of the nation
• Nazism - Factors which promoted the success of Nazism
• Nazism - Nazi / Third Reich terminology in popular culture
• Nazism - Holy sites

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Anti-Freemasonry (alternatively called Anti-Masonry) is hostility towards or prejudice against Freemasons, which can range from individual hatred to institutionalized, violent persecution. The highly explicit ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazism is probably the most extreme historical example of the phenomenon. Anti-Freemasonry has historically taken different forms; in contemporary society anti-Freemasonry is common amongst new ...

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• Anti-Freemasonry - Historical Anti-Freemasonry advocates
• Anti-Freemasonry - Taxil hoax
• Anti-Freemasonry - Twentieth Century
• Anti-Freemasonry - The Morgan Affair
• Anti-Freemasonry - Political conspiracy theories involving the Masons
• Anti-Freemasonry - Allegations that Freemasonry is a new religion
• Anti-Freemasonry - Criticisms of alleged Masonic cronyism
• Anti-Freemasonry - Criticisms based on the moral faults of known Masons
• Anti-Freemasonry - Claims that Freemasonry worships Satan
• Anti-Freemasonry - References / notes:

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Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group, which can range from individual hatred to institutionalized, violent persecution. The highly explicit ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazism was the most extreme example of this phenomenon. Anti-Semitism has historically taken different forms: Religious anti-Semitism, or anti-Judaism. Before the 19th century, most anti-Semitism was primarily religious in nature, based on Christian or ...

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• Anti-Semitism - Etymology and usage
• Anti-Semitism - Definitions of the term
• Anti-Semitism - Earliest Antisemitism
• Anti-Semitism - Religious Antisemitism
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament
• Anti-Semitism - Early Christianity
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages
• Anti-Semitism - Disabilities and Restrictions
• Anti-Semitism - The Crusades
• Anti-Semitism - The expulsions from England France Germany and Spain
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism and the Reformation
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in 19th and 20th century Catholicism
• Anti-Semitism - Passion plays
• Anti-Semitism - Racial anti-Semitism
• Anti-Semitism - The rise of racial anti-Semitism
• Anti-Semitism - Elites and the use of Anti-semitism
• Anti-Semitism - Dreyfus Affair
• Anti-Semitism - Pogroms
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Jewish Legislation
• Anti-Semitism - The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and the Muslim world
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-semitism and specific countries
• Anti-Semitism - United States
• Anti-Semitism - Europe
• Anti-Semitism - Asia
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism
• Anti-Semitism - New anti-Semitism
• Anti-Semitism - Anti-Semitism in the 21st century

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Tolerance is a social, cultural and religious term applied to the collective and individual practice of not persecuting those who may believe, behave or act in ways of which one may not approve. Authoritarian systems practice intolerance, the opposite of tolerance. Tolerance is seen as a more widely acceptable term than "acceptance" and particularly "respect," where the application to controversial parties is concerned. Tolerance implies both the ability to punish and the conscious decision not to. It is usually applied to non-violent, consensual behavior, often involving religion, sex, ...

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• Tolerance - Tolerance as a virtue

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Alfred Rosenberg (January 12, 1893–October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later held several important posts in the Nazi government. At Nuremberg he was tried and sentenced to death as a war criminal. He is considered the main author of key Nazi ideological creeds, including its racial theory, persecution of the Jews, Lebensraum, abolition of the Versailles Treaty, and opposition to "degenerate" modern art. Alfred Rosenberg - Early career. Born t ...

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• Alfred Rosenberg - Early career
• Alfred Rosenberg - Racial theories
• Alfred Rosenberg - Religious theories
• Alfred Rosenberg - Wartime activities
• Alfred Rosenberg - Nazi Policy and Rosenberg's Views
• Alfred Rosenberg - Family life

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This series is linked to the Politics and elections series Varieties and derivatives of fascism Neo-Fascism Nazism Rexism Falangism Clerical fascism Austrofascism Crypto-fascism Japanese fascism Militarism Greek fascism Fascist political parties and movements Fascism in history Fascio March on Rome Italian Social Republic 4th of August Regime Relevant lists List of fa ...

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• Corporatism - Classical theoretical origins
• Corporatism - Neo-corporatism
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• Corporatism - Anti-Corporate Criticism. Modern definition of corporatism.
• Corporatism - Free Market criticisms
• Corporatism - Sources

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A conspiracy theory attempts to explain the cause of an event as a secret, and often deceptive, plot by a covert alliance rather than as an overt activity or natural occurrence. The term "conspiracy theory" is used by scholars and in popular culture to identify a type of folklore similar to an urban legend, having certain regular features, especially an explanatory narrative which is constructed with cert ...

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• Conspiracy theory - Overview
• Conspiracy theory - Features
• Conspiracy theory - Origins of conspiracy theories
• Conspiracy theory - Psychological origins
• Conspiracy theory - Sociopolitical origins
• Conspiracy theory - Controversies
• Conspiracy theory - Usage
• Conspiracy theory - The truth of a conspiracy theory
• Conspiracy theory - Conspiracy theories in fiction
• Conspiracy theory - Notes
• Conspiracy theory - Regularly produce allegations of conspiracies
• Conspiracy theory - Conspiracy theories by topic or main figure
• Conspiracy theory - Assassination
• Conspiracy theory - Celebrity deaths
• Conspiracy theory - Politics-related deaths

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• Fascism - Definition
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• Fascism - Early history
• Fascism - Mussolini's Fascism
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• Fascism - Nazism and Fascism
• Fascism - Differences
• Fascism - Similarities
• Fascism - Anti-Communism
• Fascism - Fascism and religion
• Fascism - Fascism and the Catholic Church
• Fascism - Fascism and the Protestant churches
• Fascism - Fascism as an international phenomenon
• Fascism - Fascism and feminism
• Fascism - Neo-Fascism
• Fascism - Fascist mottos and sayings
• Fascism - Notes

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Aryan is an English word derived from the Indo-Aryan Vedic Sanskrit and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended form aryāna-. The Old Persian ariya- is a cognate as well. Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning "noble" has been attached to it in Sanskrit. During the 19th century, following Max Müller's 'Aryan invasion theory', the term gained an added meaning, being used in the West to refer to what are now called the 'Prot ...

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• Aryan - Etymology and History of the Term
• Aryan - Proto-Indo-European
• Aryan - Indo-Iranian
• Aryan - Indo-Aryan
• Aryan - Iranian
• Aryan - Racist connotations

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The most general definition of nationalism is broad, and has been controversial throughout history. Specific examples of nationalism are extremely diverse. Extreme emotions are aroused when discussing nationalism, and that makes it difficult to describe and define nationalism. A recurring problem is that people define nationalism on the basis of their local experience. To a Breton nationalist, the central issue is state nationalism versus cultural nationalism; elsewhere that distinction may be irrelevant. Often supporters of nationalism fear ...

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• Nationalism - Background and problems
• Nationalism - Issues in nationalism theory
• Nationalism - Historical evolution of nationalism
• Nationalism - Prior to 1900
• Nationalism - 20th Century nationalism
• Nationalism - Language and nationalism
• Nationalism - Prominent figures
• Nationalism - Types of nationalism
• Nationalism - Nationalism within nations
• Nationalism - Post-2001 nationalism in the United States
• Nationalism - Patriotism and extremism
• Nationalism - Racism
• Nationalism - Opposition and critique
• Nationalism - Historical effect of nationalism

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The term Aryan race refers to a model of racial identity that was prevelant in Europe from around the 1880s through to 1945, most notably in Nazi Germany. It has become associated with the theory that north European Nordic peoples constitute a master race. The word "Aryan" derives from cultures of Iran and India. It was originally used in various Indo-Iranian languages. Possibly it originally referred to clan-identity, but it certainly later had a meaning roughly similar to "noble" or "honorable". It was sometimes used by the speakers of these languages to refer ...

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• Aryan race - Origin of the concept
• Aryan race - The culture of the Aryans
• Aryan race - Imperialist nationalistic and Nazi uses of the term
• Aryan race - British Raj
• Aryan race - Theosophy
• Aryan race - Nazism
• Aryan race - Quotations

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Aryan invasion theory, often abbreviated to AIT, is a term used to refer to the theory developed by 19th Century European linguists to explain the similarity between Sanskrit and European languages, supposing the invasion or migration of peoples who originated outside of India. The term is now most used by Indian opponents of the theory, or to label obsolete forms of the theory. The term "Aryan" derives from the word arya, used in the Vedas in a sense of "nobility", and as an ethnic term in Iran. The phrase "Aryan ...

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• Aryan invasion theory - Origin of the theory
• Aryan invasion theory - Racial aspects of the theory
• Aryan invasion theory - Role in Imperialism and Nazism
• Aryan invasion theory - Later developments
• Aryan invasion theory - Political and religious issues
• Aryan invasion theory - Modern Theory
• Aryan invasion theory - Literature

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The theory that the original Aryans were northern Europeans who had migrated into India was used by some British imperialists as an ideological justification for British control of India, on the grounds that the founders of Indian culture were of the same race as the Anglo-Saxon invaders who established the British Raj. The theory provided an argument for an alliance between the British and the Indian ruling classes. However some Indian nationalists also took the view that the Aryans had originated outside India. In The Arctic Home in the ...

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Aryan invasion theory, Aryan invasion theory - Origin of the theory, Aryan invasion theory - Racial aspects of the theory, Aryan invasion theory - Role in Imperialism and Nazism, Aryan invasion theory - Later developments, Aryan invasion theory - Political and religious issues, Aryan invasion theory - Modern Theory, Aryan invasion theory - Literature

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In social studies, a political ideology is a certain ethical, set of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that explain how society should work, and offer some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. A political ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used. It can be a construct of political thought, often defining political parties and their policy. Studies of the concept of ideology itself (rather than specific ideologies) have been c ...

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Ideology, Ideology - Ideology in everyday society, Ideology - History of the concept of ideology, Ideology - The analysis of ideology, Ideology - Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction, Ideology - Louis Althusser's Ideological State Apparatuses, Ideology - Feminism as critique of ideology, Ideology - Political ideologies, Ideology - List of political ideologies, Ideology - Epistemological ideologies

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In social studies, a political ideology is a certain ethical, set of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that explain how society should work, and offer some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. A political ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used. It can be a construct of political thought, often defining political parties and their policy. Studies of the concept of ideology itself (rather than specific ideologies) have been c ...

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Ideology, Ideology - Ideology in everyday society, Ideology - History of the concept of ideology, Ideology - The analysis of ideology, Ideology - Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction, Ideology - Feminism as critique of ideology, Ideology - Political ideologies, Ideology - List of political ideologies, Ideology - Epistemological ideologies

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Perhaps the most accessible source for the original meaning of "ideology" is Hippolyte Taine's work on the Ancien Regime (first volume of "Origins of Contemporary France"). He describes ideology as rather like teaching philosophy by the Socratic method, but without extending the vocabulary beyond what the general reader already possessed, and without the examples from observation which practical science would require. Taine identifies it not just with Destutt de Tracy, but wi ...

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Ideology, Ideology - Ideology in everyday society, Ideology - History of the concept of ideology, Ideology - The analysis of ideology, Ideology - Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction, Ideology - Louis Althusser's Ideological State Apparatuses, Ideology - Feminism as critique of ideology, Ideology - Political ideologies, Ideology - List of political ideologies, Ideology - Epistemological ideologies

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Meta-ideology is the study of the structure, form, and manifestation of ideologies. Meta-ideology posits that ideology is a coherent system of ideas, relying upon a few basic assumptions about reality that may or may not have any factual basis, but are subjective choices that serve as the seed around which further thought grows. According to this perspective, ideologies are neither right nor wrong, but only a relativistic intellectual strategy for categorizing the world. The works of George Walford and Harold Walsby, done under the heading of systematic ideology, are attempts to explore t ...

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Ideology, Ideology - Ideology in everyday society, Ideology - History of the concept of ideology, Ideology - The analysis of ideology, Ideology - Ideology as an instrument of social reproduction, Ideology - Louis Althusser's Ideological State Apparatuses, Ideology - Feminism as critique of ideology, Ideology - Political ideologies, Ideology - List of political ideologies, Ideology - Epistemological ideologies

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