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Language of the Third Reich: LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii New edition
Author(s): Victor Klemperer (Author)
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publication Date: 1 May 2006
- Edition: New edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 0826491308
- ISBN-13: 9780826491305
Book Description
Victor Klemperer (1881-1960) was Professor of French Literature at Dresden University. As a Jew, he was removed from his university post in 1935, only surviving thanks to his marriage to an Aryan.
First published in 1957, The Language of the Third Reich arose from Klemperer’s conviction that the language of the Third Reich helped to create its culture. As Klemperer writes: ‘It isn’t only Nazi actions that have to vanish, but also the Nazi cast of mind, the typical Nazi way of thinking, and its breeding ground: the language of Nazism.’
This brilliant book is by turns entertaining and profound, saddening and horrifying. It is deservedly one of the great twentieth-century studies of language and its engagement with history.
Translated by Dr Martin Brady.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This book is a breathtaking balancing act, by turns horrifying and heroic, saddening and sardonic […] of major historical importance and grippingly well-written –Philip Riley, Book Review for The International Journal of Applied Linguistics
This important, stimulating and necessary book should be required reading for all who want to understand what politicians are doing to us today … it is full of anecdotes and details that illustrate the effect of the changes in language … This is a vital book. –Eric Hester, Catholic Times, April 2007
About the Author
Victor Klemperer, a front-line veteran of the First World War, became Professor of French Literature at Dresden University. He was taken from his university in 1935 because he was Jewish, and only survived because of his marriage to an Aryan.
