Feudal Aspects of National Socialism

Abstract

Attempts to establish a “morphology of civilizations” seem to continue in spite of dire warnings from scholars. Indeed, while rejecting Toynbee and Sorokin with one hand, many a scholar has beckoned with the other to adventurous young men to leave the barren tracts of specialization and re-enter the broad panoramic fields of Weltgeschichte. Current interest in “comparative feudal institutions” illustrates the case in point.The notion that “feudalism” is a “form of society,” especially a “stage in development,” can be traced back to Marxist historiography, and from there back to eighteenth century French thinkers. But instead of becoming thoroughly discredited, the notion has recently led to new thinking on the subject which may turn out to be fruitful. In Feudalism in History for example, Rushton Coulborn, has combined eight separate papers on feudalism in various parts of the world by different historians, with his own critical and synthetic studies. Though he fails to find even one “fully developed” feudal society according to his own definition—a not unexpected result—his study contains an amazing amount of suggestive analysis.His suggestions are particularly valuable in the construction of “working models” or “ideal types” as research tools. Even when we remain safely within our own “fields,” if we are to go beyond highly specialized fact-gathering and at the same time avoid “presentisi subjectivism,” we will need such tools.

The language of neofeudal corporatism and the war on Iraq

“…It focuses on five areas of management weakness across the government where improvements and the most progress can be made. (Office of Management and Budget, 2004) The comitatus, a group of warriors whose political organisation was based on personal loyalties to a chief or king, was at the core of the feudal political system (Koehl, 1960;Stephenson, 1941Stephenson, , 1943. The comitatus 'was essentially a public relationship: the followers swore fealty to their leader, gave him warlike service, and were subject to his judicial control' (Stephenson, 1941: 792).…”

“…… Those who today do not understand that will thank us tomorrow on bended knees that we courageously and firmly took on the task. (Goebbels, 1943/44: 167-204) National Socialism was a distinctly feudal form of political organisation (Koehl, 1960). As Koehl puts it, the National Socialists 'quite consciously turned to feudal and medieval models for political relationships ' (1960: 921).…”

Η Ιδεολογικοποίηση Στον Τρομοκρατικό Λόγο

“…400 "History: Germany bombs London" (χ.η.) 401 United Nations Security Council (1999a) Baran (1973), Bridges (1958), Mills (2000, Rawlinson (2002) 430 Koehl (1960), F. Neumann (2009 εκκλησία, με αποτέλεσμα τελικά την παραμονή του σχίσματος των δύο εκκλησιών 431 . 478 Blatt (1995) 479 Bernardini (1977) Σύμφωνα με τη βιβλιογραφία κατά τη διάρκεια του ισπανικού εμφυλίου πολέμου οι Jiménez (1999), Rohr (2003) 481 Rohr (2003) 482 Tremlett (2010) 483 Milgram (1999) προς τους χιλιανούς εβραίους πολίτες ενώ παράλληλα υποστήριζε τη ναζιστική (Ιός, 2002, Κρεμμυδάς, 1984).…”