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Hitler's Table Talk
1941 - 1944. The mind of Adolf Hitler
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And but I was reading a book called Hitler's table talk which was a collection of his spontaneous utterances at meal times collected over about three years and it really affected my reading of it.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Jul 2021 Listen at 1:07:13 Why people recommend it
Hitler's Table Talk by Hugh R. Trevor-Roper compiles the spontaneous mealtime monologues of Adolf Hitler recorded by secretaries between 1939 and 1942, offering insight into his private worldview and rhetoric. Jordan Peterson frequently referenced this historical text across multiple podcast appearances, including episodes of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and The Joe Rogan Experience. Peterson explained that he read the collection to examine how Hitler utilized biological and parasite metaphors to describe minority groups and structure his understanding of reality. He also cited these spontaneous utterances to illustrate broader psychological concepts regarding disgust sensitivity, totalitarian mindsets, and orderliness. Although the historical reliability and editorial history of the notes have been a subject of scholarly debate, Peterson utilized the text primarily as a psychological and historical document to analyze the linguistic patterns and ideological obsessions of the Nazi regime. His discussions focused on how Hitler expressed his worldview during informal dinners, shedding light on the mechanics of extreme ideological indoctrination and the psychological underpinnings of catastrophic political movements in modern history.
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“and but I was reading a book called Hitler's table talk which was a collection of his spontaneous utterances at meal times collected over about three years and it really affected my reading of it”
“now when I was sorting this out I was reading Hitler's Table Talk and Hitler's Table Talk is a very interesting book it's a book of his spontaneous mealtime utterances from 1939 to 1940 -”
“I went back and looked at Hitler's table talk it's a book Hitler's table talk and he wrote that it it was derived from notes that were taken by his secretaries between 1939 and 1942 when he was eating dinner and spontaneously expounding on the structure of reality”