By attacking reason with an excessive zeal the romantics undermined which important concept that was made extreme by Hitler?
A) They emphasized the importance of political unity of a nation.
B) The emotionalism and irrationalism of romanticism was applied to politics.
C) Romantics erased the poetry of the world.
D) Nationalism was destroyed and replaced by a feeling of world culture.
E) The past was not an important part of romanticism and only a glorious future was important.

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The emotionalism and irrationalism of romanticism, which was promoted by Romantics, was later applied to politics and eventually made extreme by Hitler, resulting in the rise of Nazism. Therefore, by attacking reason and promoting emotion and irrationality, the Romantics indirectly undermined the importance of rational thinking and critical analysis, which was taken to the extreme by Hitler and his followers.

By Attacking Reason with an Excessive Zeal the Romantics Undermined