Volk against Kaste
Nondemocratic Popular Sovereignty in Nazi Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3378243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luna Sabastian (0000-0001-6615-0229, Universidad del Noreste, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 842-880 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2801 • E-ISSN: 1537-5358 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/732675 |
| OpenAlex | W4405102481 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
This article argues that the concept of “caste” (Kaste), a supposedly Indian idiosyncrasy, was pressed into service in Nazi Germany for a peculiar understanding of popular sovereignty without democracy. A fundamental critique of recent equations of “caste” with the racially oppressed, the article shows how the term was originally generalized into global political grammar to designate the enemy of “the people,” pointing to the aristocracy rather than the Indian Dalit or Black slave. Under the Nazis, Kaste continued to designate the primary antithesis of the valorized idea of the Volk. The essay marshals a broad array of high-ranking Nazi politicians and ideologues to reconstruct a unique vision of nondemocratic popular sovereignty that reconciled ruler and ruled through the annihilation of caste
Nazism · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Political Theology and Sovereignty
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |