Ernst Nolte
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Key facts
- 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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Witten
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- scientist
- Educated at
- University of Cologne
- Employer
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Student of
- Martin Heidegger
- Field of work
- history
- Official website
- www.ernst-nolte.de
- Work location
- Marburg
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- date of birth
- 1923-01-11
- name in native language
- Ernst Nolte
- date of death
- 2016-08-18
- interested in
- Fascism
- honorific prefix
- emeritus
- Commons category
- Ernst Nolte
- web feed URL
- www.ernst-nolte.de/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
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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