Revisiting the 'Nazi occult' : histories, realities, legacies

Book 2019

Historians have long debated the role of the occult in the Third Reich. After 1945 the consensus held that occultism, an ostensibly anti-modern, irrational blend of pseudo-religious and -scientific practices, directly facilitated the rise of National Socialism. More recently, scholarly debate has denied the occult a role in shaping the Third Reich, emphasizing the Nazis' hostility to esoteric religion and alternative forms of knowledge. Bringing...

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National socialism and occultism

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German history in context

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ISBN:

9781640140509

Description:

1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Notes:

Originally published: 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

HISTORIES, 1890-1933
Esoteric alternatives in imperial Germany: science, spirit, and the modern occult revival / Peter Staudenmaier
An elite class of thinkers: monism between science and the spiritual in Wilhelmine Germany / Perry Myers
Max Hoelz haunts the Vogtland: the visible and the invisible in Germany, 1914-21 / John Ondrovcik
Siegfried Kracauer, spirit, and the soul of Weimar Germany / Jared Poley
REALITIES, 1933-1945
Pseudoscience reconsidered: SS research and the archaeology of Haithabu / Fabian Link and J. Laurence Hare
Hitler's supernatural sciences: astrology, anthroposophy, and world ice theory in the Third Reich / Eric Kurlander
Pragmatic occultism in the military history of the Third Reich / Uwe Schellinger, Andreas Anton, and Michael T. Schetsche
Disruptive potential: Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth, national socialism, and democracy / Michael E. O'Sullivan
LEGACIES, 1945-PRESENT
A messiah after Hitler, and his miracles: Bruno Gröning and postwar popular apocalypticism / Monica Black
On all channels: Hans Bender, the supernatural, and the mass media / Anna Lux
Beyond good and evil: Nazis and the supernatural in video games / Jeff Hayton
The Wewelsburg effect: Nazi myth and paganism in postwar European popular music / Oded Heilbronner

Control Number:

3193628

Other Authors:

Black, Monica, 1968- editor
Kurlander, Eric, 1973- editor

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