Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity - Softcover

Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814731554 ISBN 13: 9780814731550

Publisher: NYU Press, 2003

Synopsis

371pages. 23x15x2cm. Broché.

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Review:

“Anyone who remembers the devastation wrought by Nazi fanaticism can only be astonished and dismayed by this book. Who could have foreseen that half a century after the defeat of the Third Reich the Jews would once again be perceived as a demonic power intent on destroying the ‘Aryan race’, or that Hitler would be imagined as a divine being who is about to return to earth to complete the Holocaust? For the matter, who could have foreseen that the preposterous ‘pagan’ cult developed by Heinrich Himmler would ever be revived? Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke shows not only that these things have indeed happened but how and why they have happened. He also suggests what dangers they may portend. Black Sun is both an enthralling and a deeply disturbing work. It deserves the most serious attention and a wide readership.”
-Norman Cohn,author of The Pursuit of the Millennium and Warrant for Genocide

“[An] important work.”
-Philadelphia Inquirer

“Presents a troubling picture of the mindset of the modern Far Right.”
-Library Journal

“Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke has done pioneering work in the field of the occult roots of Nazism. In the present volume he performs the same invaluable service with regard to the ideological fantasies of post war neofascism.”
-Walter Laqueur

“Excellent book provides a lucid and often chilling guide.”
-Journal of European Studies

Synopsis:

More than half a century after the defeat of Nazism and fascism, the far right is again challenging the liberal order of Western democracies. This work examines the new neofascist ideology, showing how hate groups, militias and conspiracy cults attempt to gain influence. Based on interviews and extensive research into underground groups, the book documents the new Nazi and fascist sects that have sprung up from the 1970s up to the present and examines the mentality and motivation of these far-right extremists. The result is a detailed portrait of the mythical and devotional aspects of Hitler cults among Aryan mystics, racist skinheads and Nazi satanists, Black Metal music fans, and in occult literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0814731554
• ISBN 13: 9780814731550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 371