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The Jew of Linz: Wittgenstein, Hitler and Their Secret Battle for the Mind (Paperback)

by Kimberley Cornish (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (4 Mar 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099269953
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099269953
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 647,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A study which considers the personal role played by Wittgenstein in Hitler's theories concerning Jews, and, conversely, presents the possibility that the philosopher's recruitment of spies during the second world war was part of a personal vendetta against the German leader. This thesis is based on the fact that the two men were at the same school.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor indeed, 16 Mar 1999
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This book isn't worth the paper it's printed on. The idea of the Holocaust being caused by a quarrel between two schoolboys may sound appealing for a cheap novel, but it has no historical foundation whatsoever. It's true that both Hitler and Wittgenstein attended the Realschule in Linz in 1904-5, but they were two years apart from each other, and there isn't the tiniest scrap of evidence to suggest that they ever met. Besides, all well-known biographers of Hitler agree that he developed his antisemitism at a much later stage. And of course there is no evidence whatsoever that Wittgenstein was ever a Soviet spy, let alone that he "recruited" Philby and Burgess...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, provocative and controversial., 21 Jul 1999
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Despite having come to the subject somewhat yellow (in that, remarkably, I knew more about Wittgentsein than Hitler), I found this an increasingly fascinating and provocative read. It is a book which seeks to challenge our presuppositions and presents the theory that the Jew mentioned in Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' could be Wittgenstein? Further 'evidence' leads to the hypothesis that Wittgenstein was linked with the Cambridge spy ring which was instrumental in bringing down the Third Reich (and as Cornish says, 'Ask yourself why Wittgenstein would be offered an academic post in Russia?'). The book also seeks to present the idea that Jewish theology was anathema to Hitler's own immanent contruals. Did Hitler incorporate and develop Wittgentsein's early philosophy as the theory behind his own evil regime? This is an hypothesis Cornish is reluctant to press, but one which is not easily ignored. As we know, history is far more elusive than any one (or a number) of texts books and historians would have us believe. Think you know Hitler and Wittgenstein? Time to makeup your own mind... again!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely revolutionary, 26 Jun 2002
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This review is from: The Jew of Linz: Wittgenstein, Hitler and Their Secret Battle for the Mind (Hardcover)
This is quite the most remarkable book I have ever read - utterly eccentric - zany even - yet in the end, if not 100% convincing, what amazes most is that it totally convincing in what really matters. The author's claim is that the key to understanding twentieth century history is what he calls "Wittgenstein's no-ownership theory of mind". This, he claims, is identical with what is known of early Indo-European (or "Aryan", as he misleadingly writes) religious doctrines about a common consciousness, such as one still finds in India. These, he says, are the key (via Schopenhauer) both to Wittgenstein's philosophy of language and to Hitler's power to move crowds with language. The book has convinced me that there really is a connection between the young Wittgenstein - with his hope of a "final solution" of the problems of philosophy and his schoolmate Hitler's own dream of a somewhat different "final solution". It is simply amazing that nearly 60 years after the war, we can face the possibility that the received version of twentieth century history and of Hitler's antisemitism might need, not revision at the edges, but total overhaul. This book opens up more than one entirely new field of research.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning piece of research
Cornish's theses are: 1. the Jew who was the occasion of Hitler becoming anti-Semitic was the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein with whom Hitler attended school. 2. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Utter nonsense
This book isn't worth the paper it's printed on. The idea of the Holocaust being caused by a quarrel between two schoolboys may sound appealing for a cheap novel, but it has no... Read more
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