Benedikt Föger, Klaus Taschwer
Die andere Seite des Spiegels: Konrad Lorenz und der Nationalsozialismus.
Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2001. First edition. 3707601242 253 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.25" x 7.75", is bound in gray paper spine and boards, with white lettering to spine. Book shows mild shelfwear, with scattered light foxing and minor stains to edges of text block. Binding is firm. Gift inscription appears on front flyleaf. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear.
"Was Konrad Lorenz, one of the most famous Austrian scientists in the 20th century, a National Socialist? For many years, this question has only concerned a small specialist public. For the first time, a detailed analysis of the Nazi involvement of the renowned behavioral researcher and Nobel Prize winner is now available. Benedikt Föger and Klaus Taschwer present previously unpublished documents and paint a completely new picture of the "father of the greylag geese": The behavioral scientist was not a politically naive scientist, but someone who rather enthusiastically welcomed the takeover of power by the National Socialists. He made a career with their help, provided legitimation for Nazi racial politics and did not shy away from denouncing scientific opponents. The book also shows why Lorenz's political behavior in the Third Reich had little impact on his career after 1945."