Understanding Nazi Germany: Origins, Structures, Explanation - ARTS3295
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 48 UOC overall, including 6 UOC at level 1 and 6 UOC at level 2 in one of the following streams, European Studies or History; or 48 UOC overall, including 12 UOC in German Studies language courses
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: History
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: European Studies, German Studies
The Third Reich lasted merely twelve years yet it looms large in the memory of modern Germany, Europe, and indeed the world. In this course, you will take a close look at those twelve years and their fatal legacy. Topics include Germany's 'special path' to modernity, the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the concepts of fascism and totalitarianism, the functioning of the state apparatus in the Third Reich, the role of the Führer, aspects of Nazi ideology and cultural policy, and the origins of the Holocaust. You will learn how to critically examine popular representations of Nazi Germany and to think about the usefulness, and the limitations, of various theoretical approaches to the understanding of such a complex historical phenomenon.
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