Nietzche, Nazis, and Communists

 This audiobook edition of Nietzsche and the Nazis is read by the author, Dr. Stephen Hicks.

To listen to more of the audiobook on YouTube, visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/NNAudiobook To purchase the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nietzsche-Nazi... To download MP3s of the audiobook or for more information, visit Dr. Stephen Hicks's Nietzsche and the Nazis page: http://www.stephenhicks.org/publicati... 00:00 Part 1. Introduction: Philosophy and History/1. Fascinated by history 03:36 2. What is philosophy of history? 04:46 Part 2. Explaining Nazism Philosophically/3. How could Nazism happen? 06:17 4. Five weak explanations for National Socialism 14:31 5. Explaining Nazism philosophically 21:40 Part 3. National Socialist Philosophy/6. The Nazi Party Program 22:44 7. Collectivism, not individualism 24:01 8. Economic socialism, not capitalism 27:40 9. Nationalism, not internationalism or cosmopolitanism 32:25 10. Authoritarianism, not liberal democracy 35:21 11. Idealism, not politics as usual 38:42 12. Nazi democratic success 41:05 Part 4. The Nazis in Power/13. Political controls 43:27 14. Education 51:28 15. Censorship 55:32 16. Eugenics 1:05:16 17. Economic controls 1:11:37 18. Militarization 1:15:55 19. The Holocaust 1:20:31 20. The question of Nazism’s philosophical roots 1:24:58 Part 5. Nietzsche’s Life and Influence/21. Who was Friedrich Nietzsche? 1:27:56 22. God is dead 1:30:27 23. Nihilism’s symptoms 1:34:20 24. Masters and slaves 1:46:05 25. The origin of slave morality 2:01:53 26. The Overman 2:10:44 Part 6. Nietzsche against the Nazis/27. Five differences 2:12:08 28. On the “blond beast” and racism 2:15:19 29. On contemporary Germans 2:16:53 30. On anti-Semitism 2:18:36 31. On the Jews 2:21:10 32. On Judaism and Christianity 2:24:27 33. Summary of the five differences 2:26:06 Part 7. Nietzsche as a Proto-Nazi/34. Anti-individualism and collectivism 2:36:38 35. Conflict of groups 2:39:31 36. Instinct, passion, and anti-reason 2:43:42 37. Conquest and war 2:48:36 38. Authoritarianism 2:52:00 39. Summary of the five similarities 2:53:18 Part 8. Conclusion: Nazi and Anti-Nazi Philosophies/40. Hindsight and future resolve 2:57:34 41. Principled anti-Nazism Other links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SRCHicks Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRCHicks Website: http://www.stephenhicks.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenhick...