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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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill.
c2014.
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Aries Book Series
17.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.
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Call Number: DD256.5 .S7514 2014
- 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.