Black / Kurlander Revisiting the "Nazi Occult"

Histories, Realities, Legacies
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78204-608-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 306 Seiten

Reihe: German History in Context

New collection of essays promising to re-energize the debate on Nazism's occult roots and legacies and thus our understanding of German cultural and intellectual history over the past century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Black, Monica

Kurlander, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Esoteric Alternatives in Imperial Germany: Science, Spirit, and the Modern Occult Revival
An Elite Class of Thinkers: Monism between Science and the Spiritual in Wilhelmine Germany
Max Hoelz Haunts the Vogtland: The Visible and the Invisible in Germany, 1914-21
Siegfried Kracauer, Spirit, and the Soul of Weimar Germany
Pseudoscience Reconsidered: SS Research and the Archaeology of Haithabu
Hitler's Supernatural Sciences: Astrology, Anthroposophy, and World Ice Theory in the Third Reich
Pragmatic Occultism in the Military History of the Third Reich
Disruptive Potential: Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth, National Socialism, and Democracy
A Messiah after Hitler, and His Miracles: Bruno Gröning and Popular Apocalypticism in Early West German History
On All Channels: Hans Bender, the Supernatural, and the Mass Media
Beyond Good and Evil: Nazis and the Supernatural in Video Games
The Wewelsburg Effect: Nazi Myth and Paganism in Postwar European Popular Music
Notes on the Contributors
Index