Hitler's Rise to Power Hitler Term Paper

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The Third Reich will be that new civilization, with the "proper" race having achieved its rightful pre-eminence.

Allan Bullock points out that Hitler was not interested in economics and instead insisted on the supremacy of politics over economics. As early as 1923, Hitler was saying that the nation could not solve its problems until "the German people understands that one can conduct politics only when one has the support of power" (cited by Bullock 402).

Hitler's rise to power was certainly aided by his ability to speak to and incite the passions of a crowd, but part of his desire for power might be attributed to the fact that he was very limited in terms of human relations on a one-to-one basis. Many saw Hitler as beset by narcissism while also having no friends.
While offering a number of caveats, Fritz Redlich characterizes Hitler as a narcissist on the following evidence: "(1) his tenuous human relations; (2) his convictions of grandeur about himself and his tasks; (3) his unusual risk-taking behaviors; (4) (his high sensitivity to criticism, experiencing even justified critiques as slights (narcissistic mortification); and (5) his potential for rage reactions (narcissistic rages following real and imaginary slights)" (Redlich 301). Redlich also cites Hitler's grandiosity: "As Germany's Fuhrer, Hitler developed extreme ideas of grandiosity and omnipotence. He saw himself as a messianic leader whom Providence had chosen to make Germany into the greatest nation on earth and free the world from the Jewish peril" (Redlich 302). Such a focus on himself as savior of the nation shaped the way Hitler approached politics and the way he.....

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