Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part one. Annexing Antiquity
5. 1. Origin Myths: Ex septentrione lux 17
6. 2. A Nordic Mediterranean: Greece, Rome, and the North, between German Cousins 51
7. 3. Mens sana: Antiquity, the Humanities, and German Youth 98
8. Part two. Imitating Antiquity
9. 4. From Stone to Flesh: The Body of the New Aryan Man between Aesthetics and Eugenics 155
10. 5. The Racial State and Totalitarian Society: Plato as Philosopher-King, or The Third Reich as Second Sparta 193
11. 6. From Empire to Reich: The Lessons of Roman Rule and Classical Colonialism 229
12. Part three. Reliving Antiquity
13. 7. History as Racial Struggle: The Clash of Civilizations between East and West in Antiquity 287
14. 8. Volkstod or Rassenselbstmord: How Civilizations Die 324
15. 9. The Choreography of the End: Aestheticism, Nihilism, and the Staging of the Final Catastrophe 357
16. Conclusion 393
17. Notes 401
18. Index 475