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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780227703321

Autore

Goodrick-Clarke Nicholas

Titolo

Black sun [[electronic resource] ] : Aryan cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the politics of identity / / Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8147-3326-3

0-585-43467-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

320.53/3

Soggetti

Neo-Nazism

Occultism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 American Neo-Nazism; 2 The British Nazi Underground; 3 Julius Evola and the Kali Yuga; 4 Imperium and the New Atlantis; 5 Savitri Devi and the Hitler Avatar; 6 The Nazi Mysteries; 7 Wilhelm Landig and the Esoteric SS; 8 Nazi UFOs, Antarctica and Aldebaran; 9 Miguel Serrano and Esoteric Hitlerism; 10 White Noise and Black Metal; 11 Nazi Satanism and the New Aeon; 12 Christian Identity and Creativity; 13 Nordic Racial Paganism; 14 Conspiracy Beliefs and the New World Order; Conclusion: The Politics of Identity; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

More than half a century after the defeat of Nazism and fascism, the far right is again challenging the liberal order of Western democracies. Radical movements are feeding on anxiety about economic globalization, affirmative action, and third-world immigration, flashpoint issues to many traditional groups in multicultural societies. A curious mixture of Aristocratic paganism, anti-Semitic demonology, Eastern philosophies and the occult is influencing populist antigovernment sentiment and helping to exploit the widespread fear that invisible elites are shaping world events. Black Sun examines t