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==Influence on Nazi Germany and beyond== | ==Influence on Nazi Germany and beyond== | ||
Otto's influence can arguably be seen in the superficiality of German Nazism. Fascist Germany believed wholeheartedly in [[physiognomy]] and stereotyping, that ones outer-appearance informed ones inner appearance. Thus German citizens were constantly putting on a show for each other. By posturing as artistic even when they weren't and a male obsession with conforming to traditional [[chad]] aesthetics.<ref> | Otto's influence can arguably be seen in the superficiality of German Nazism. Fascist Germany believed wholeheartedly in [[physiognomy]] and stereotyping, that ones outer-appearance greatly informed ones inner appearance. Thus German citizens were constantly putting on a show for each other. By posturing as artistic even when they weren't and a male obsession with conforming to traditional [[chad]] aesthetics.<ref> | ||
Journal of Contemporary History | Journal of Contemporary History | ||
Vol. 31, No. 2, Special Issue: The Aesthetics of Fascism (Apr., 1996), pp. 245-252</ref> | Vol. 31, No. 2, Special Issue: The Aesthetics of Fascism (Apr., 1996), pp. 245-252</ref> |