Carlos Keller
Carlos Keller | |
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Born | Carlos Keller Rueff January 3, 1898 |
Died | February 28, 1974 | (aged 76)
Citizenship | Chilean |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Academic |
Known for | Politician |
Notable work | Spengler y la Situaciòn Politica Cultural de la America Iberica (1927), La Eterna Crisis Chilena (1931) |
Political party | National Socialist Movement of Chile |
Carlos Keller Rueff (January 3, 1898 – February 28, 1974) was a
Early years
Keller was born in
Emergence of the Nacis
Upon returning to Chile he served as chairman of the cultural organisation the German-Chilean League and in this role had helped to introduce Spengler's thoughts to a Chilean audience. Such was Keller's reputation that when the Ibero-Amerikanische Institut was set up in Berlin in 1930 he was considered as a possible chairman of this prestigious academic body.[2] Keller went to work for the Department of Census and Statistics from 1927, becoming director general in 1931. He also served as a professor at a number of Chilean universities and a journalist.[1] His 1931 book La Eterna Crisis Chilena continued his political work, with him arguing that Chile faced a crisis because it failed to fully adopt Western ways and instead just crudely imitated them.[1] Keller soon met Jorge González von Marées and launched the National Socialist Movement of Chile with him. Keller was not a strict follower of German-style Nazism but instead he saw Chilean nacismo as seeking to do away with the corruption in democracy.[1] He looked to the example of Diego Portales as a strong modernizing dictator and sought to develop Chilean economic independence through the growth of a middle class.[1]
Later years
When the Nacis attempted a
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890
- ^ Michael Goebel, "Decentring the German Spirit: The Weimar Republic's Cultural Relations with Latin America", Journal of Contemporary History, 2009 44: 239