Nils Gilje, Professor Emeritus at OsloMet, presented the book, followed by comments from Professors Dag Michalsen and Helge Jordheim. The seminar explored how understanding democracy also requires examining its opponents and the intellectual arguments used to legitimise anti-democratic regimes.
Nils Gilje: Hitler’s Philosophers
On 13 March 2026, Stakes of Democracy hosted the second seminar in its series on the nature, values and workings of democracy. The seminar centred on Nils Gilje’s new book Hitler’s Philosophers [published in Norwegian], which examines why a large majority of German university philosophers supported Hitler and National Socialism in 1933.
Published Sep. 16, 2026 11:26 AM
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