Sacrifice in the modern world: on the particularity and generality of Nazi myth

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One - Violence and Culture: The Sublime from Kant to Adorno -- Chapter Two -The Politics of Myth in the Nazi Period: Alfred Baeumler and Carl Einstein -- Chapter Three - Theories of Sacrifice in the Modern World: Georges Bataille, René Girard, and Walter Burkert -- Chapter Four - The Genealogy of Nazi Morality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Violence and culture: the sublime from Kant to Adorno -- The politics of myth in the Nazi period: Alfred Baeumler and Carl Einstein -- Theories of sacrifice in the modern world: Georges Bataille, Rene Girard, and Walter Burkert -- The genealogy of Nazi morality