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Podcast: New Books in Western European Studies
Episode: Alec Ryrie, "The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It" (Reaktion, 2025)
Description: Examining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis—and where it might take us.
We live in an age where Hitler and the Nazis dominate our cultural imagination, shaping values once defined by religion. Historian Alec Ryrie explores why society remains captivated by this struggle, from history and fiction to modern myths such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. He examines the costs of our Nazi obsession and questions what will come as our anti-Nazi moral consensus frays and both the Left and Right begin to move on. With a fresh take...