Antimodernism, Reactionary Modernism and National Socialism. Technocratic Tendencies in Germany, 1890–1945

First symposium on "Anatomie im Nationalsozialismus" ("Anatomy in National Socialism"), Würzburg, Germany, September 29, 2010.

Symbol and ritual under National Socialism

The relationship of symbol and ritual to the 'world-view' of National Socialism has rarely been discussed. In this article however, it is argued that for Nazism, symbol and ritual were essential forms of ideological presentation and reinforcement. The NSDAP reduced political relationships to the workings of an eschatology, constructed upon symbols relating either to the German Volksgemeinschaft...

[National Socialism and the destruction of life].

F. Schneider (ed): Psychiatry under National Socialism – Remembrance and Responsibility

Am 26. November 2010 erhoben sich im großen Saal des Internationalen Congress Centrums in Berlin rund 3.000 Psychiaterinnen und Psychiater, um für eineMinute zu schweigen. Was sie zuvor gehört hatten, war zutiefst beeindruckend und blieb für die Anwesenden unvergesslich. Prof. Frank Schneider, der Präsident der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN), ...

Reactionary Hemorrhage in Gynecological Surgery

BACKGROUND Bleeding is a major complication in contemporary gynecological surgery. We discusses this rare, albeit potentially serious, unexpected complication. The authors mean by "reactionary," hemorrhage that occurs within the first 24 hours after surgery. More or less, all gynecological surgeons have had to deal with this situation at some stage of their career. The seriousness of this compl...