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German historian and philosopher (1923–2016)

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Born
11 January 1923
Died
18 August 2016
Works
57

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  • Selbstentfremdung und Dialektik im deutschen Idealismus und bei Marx
  • Italienische Schriften
  • Fascisme et Communisme
  • Les mouvements fascistes
  • Widerstand im Nationalsozialismus und Widerstand heute

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Born
( 1923-01-11 ) 11 January 1923, Witten , Germany
Died
18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) (aged 93), Berlin , Germany
Education
University of Münster , University of Berlin , University of Freiburg ( BA , PhD ), University of Cologne
Occupations
Philosopher, historian
Employer s
University of Marburg (1965–1973), Free University of Berlin (since 1973, Emeritus since 1991)
Known for
Articulating a theory of generic fascism as “resistance to transcendence”, and for his involvement in the Historikerstreit debate
Spouse
Annedore Mortier
Children
Georg Nolte
Awards
Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (1985), Konrad Adenauer Prize (2000), Gerhard Löwenthal Honor Award (2011)

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www.ernst-nolte.de
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Ernst Nolte (11 January 1923 – 18 August 2016) was a German historian and philosopher. Nolte's major interest was the comparative studies of fascism and communism (cf. Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism). Originally trained in philosophy, he was professor emeritus of modern history at the Free University of Berlin, where he taught from 1973 until his 1991 retirement. He was previously a professor at the University of Marburg from 1965 to 1973. He was best known for his seminal work Fascism in Its Epoch, which received widespread acclaim when it was published in 1963. Nolte was a prominent conservative academic from the early 1960s and was involved in many controversies related to the interpretation of the history of fascism and communism, including the Historikerstreit in the late 1980s. In later years, Nolte focused on Islamism and "Islamic fascism".

Nolte received several awards, including the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize and the Konrad Adenauer Prize. He was the father of the legal scholar and judge of the International Court of Justice Georg Nolte.

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