Isbn: 9798233606069 - the prophet of hitler joseph goebbels, political religion, and the radio that built the third reich (4 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. What if the most powerful weapon of the Third Reich was not the army, nor the secret police, but a voice?In The Prophet of Hitler, Joseph Goebbels emerges not merely as a minister of propaganda, but as the chief architect of a modern political religion, one that transformed technology into theology and broadcasting into belief. Through the crackling frequencies of radio, Goebbels did more than spread messages; he engineered mass faith, ritualized ideology, and consecrated Adolf Hitler as a messianic figure in the German imagination.This groundbreaking study reframes the rise of the Third Reich through a chilling lens: propaganda not as manipulation alone, but as liturgy, carefully designed to dissolve the boundary between politics and salvation. Drawing on deep archival research, intellectual history, and media theory, the book reveals how radio became the regime's sacred medium, turning living rooms into congregations and speeches into sermons.Far from a conventional biography, The Prophet of Hitler exposes the psychological architecture of totalitarian belief and the deliberate fusion of myth, technology, and mass emotion. It shows how Goebbels understood something terrifyingly modern: that power belongs to those who command not only armies but also imagination.Essential reading for scholars of fascism, political theology, media history, and modern authoritarianism, this work offers a sobering insight into how democracies can be undone not merely by force, but by frequency.Disturbingly relevant and intellectually bold, The Prophet of Hitler challenges us to reconsider the relationship between media, myth, and mass persuasion in our own age.Because the most dangerous revolutions do not begin with gunfire.They begin with a broadcast. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…