The History of Racism

Every regime in history uses some arguments to justify its own beigns via some thinkers or ideologs. Also every ideology try to prove that it is the best way to reach more wealthy independent life. At this point it seems impossible to understand the reasons why German people allowed a totaliter ideology to get power in 1930s. It seems more unlogical that intellectuals who are known to create philosophy only in a independent athmosphere. Although there are many researchers trying to analize the reasons many intellectuals not only had sympathy towards racism but also try to reveal proofs for it, this issue still have a misterious side. Therefore, this research project will look for the answers of these two questions:

How did racism become pervasive among many intellectuals in Nazi Germany?

What were the main factors contributing to this?

The answers of these important questions have been investigated for years. Many facts, data and statistics which have a natural connection among each other have been collected. On the other hand, to investigate the position of intellectuls in Nazi Germany, these information can be divided into three main groups: mythological approach, biological roots and nationalist/conservative perception. Many researchers such as Dan Diner use this kind of seperation in order to understand better the atmosphere of racist fascism between 1930s and 1940s in Germany, Italy, Spain. According to Diner’s research, roots to justify national socialism mainly could be seperated into three parts. First root of fascism in Germany is mythological and intellectual theorem which is supported by Alfred Rosenberg, Houston Steavart Chamberlain. Second rationalization is biological “proofs” and “discoveries”. The third one is nationalist and conservative roots sustained by Friedrich List, Freirherr von Stein, Moeller von den Bruck and Carl Schmit. At this point, Dan Diner adds that all intellectuals who support racism defend all arguments. The only...