““Agreeing with the Jewish theologian, Bultmann viewed the radical self-assessment of Jews and Germans as a necessary beginning for a genuine peace between the two peoples. Also necessary would be insight into the true nature of the human being, the nation, and the state, perceptions that had been grossly distorted by National Socialism. Bultmann again put forth his oft-repeated view that National Socialism represented the conclusion of a development that had begun in the nineteenth century. Its distinguishing marks, he reiterated, were the abandoning of the understanding of the human being as person and of the world as a divine ordinance, the illusion of being able to extend human rule even over destiny and history, and the exploitation of human beings for political and economic purposes—a dehumanization effected by the totalitarian power-state under the guise of utilitarianism.89””
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