Taylor and Shawn discuss Dr. Joseph Goebbels’ novel about a young soldier, writer, and worker wrestling with the uncertainty of Germany’s future and his own political identity after the First World War, and draw out many of the questions and themes posed by this unique work.
Notes:
0:00 - Intro and history of Goebbels’ life
3:31 - Impressions of the book
11:52 - Art for art’s sake?
15:52 - Michael and Goebbels’ relationships and the woman question
23:47 - Russia
41:04 - Christianity and National Socialism
48:22 - Class and the workers
1:03:00 - Final thoughts
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