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  2. Great man theory - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon, a typical great man, said to have created the "Napoleonic" era through his military and political genius. The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of great men, or heroes: highly influential and unique individuals who, due to their natural attributes, such as superior ...

  3. Übermensch - Wikipedia

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    The Übermensch (/ ˈ uː b ər m ɛ n ʃ / OO-bər-mensh, German: [ˈʔyːbɐmɛnʃ] ⓘ; lit. 'Overman' or 'Superman') is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.In his 1883 book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra), Nietzsche has his character Zarathustra posit the Übermensch as a goal for humanity to set for itself.

  4. Hans-Ulrich Wehler - Wikipedia

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    Modernization theory was presented by Wehler and the Bielefeld School as the way to transform "traditional" German history, that is, national political history, centred on a few "great men," into an integrated and comparative history of German society encompassing societal structures outside politics.

  5. Last man - Wikipedia

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    The last man (German: Letzter Mensch) is a term used by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra to describe the antithesis of his theorized superior being, the Übermensch, whose imminent appearance is heralded by Zarathustra. The last man is the archetypal passive nihilist

  6. Zeitgeist - Wikipedia

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    The Hegelian concept is in contrast to the Great Man theory propounded by Thomas Carlyle, which sees history as the result of the actions of heroes and geniuses. In contrast, Hegel perceived such "great men", specifically Napoleon, as the "embodiment of the world-spirit" (Die Weltseele zu Pferde "the world-soul on horseback" [6]). [7]

  7. List of Nazi ideologues - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), romantic Scottish writer, who propounded upon a Great Man Theory of History, which argued that history is largely determined by exceptional men. Goebels would read his biography of Frederick the Great to Hitler during WW2.

  8. Berlinale’s ‘Measures of Men,’ About Genocide in German ...

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    Picture Tree Intl. has boarded Berlin Film Festival title “Measures of Men,” which focuses on the genocide committed by the German army against the Ovaherero and Nama tribes in Southwestern ...

  9. Historiography of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Modernization theory was presented by Wehler and his Bielefeld School as the way to transform "traditional" German history, that is, national political history, centered on a few "great men," into an integrated and comparative history of German society encompassing societal structures outside politics.