Between occultism and Nazism : anthroposophy and the politics of race in the fascist era /

Between occultism and Nazism : anthroposophy and the politics of race in the fascist era /

The relationship between Nazism and occultism has been an object of fascination and speculation for decades. Peter Staudenmaier's Between Occultism and Nazism provides a detailed historical examination centered on the anthroposophist movement founded by Rudolf Steiner. Its surprising findings r...

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Main Author: Staudenmaier, Peter, 1965-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2014.

Series: Aries Book Series 17.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.

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Steiner, Rudolf, > 1861-1925 > Influence.
National socialism and occultism.
Racism.
Anthroposophy.
Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Italy > Politics and government > 1922-1945.

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Spiritual Science and the Modern Occult Revival -- 1 Germany's Savior: Rudolf Steiner on Race and Redemption -- 2 The Politics of the Unpolitical: German Anthroposophy in Theory and Practice Before 1933 -- 3 Accommodation, Collaboration, Persecution: Anthroposophy in the Shadow of National Socialism, 1933-1945 -- 4 The German Essence Shall Heal the World: Ideological Affinities between Anthroposophy and Nazism -- 5 Education for the National Community? Waldorf Schools in the Third Reich -- 6 The Nazi Campaign against Occultism -- 7 The Spirit of the Race and the Soul of the Nation: Anthroposophy and the Rise of Fascism in Italy -- 8 Spiritual Racism in Power: Italian Anthroposophists and the Fascist Racial Laws, 1938-1945 -- Conclusion: Occultism and Nazism in Historical Perspective -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index. 
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