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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staudenmaier, Peter, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Colección:Aries book series ; v. 17.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : spiritual science and the modern occult revival
  • Germany's savior : Rudolf Steiner on race and redemption
  • The politics of the unpolitical : German anthroposophy in theory and practice before 1933
  • Accommodation, collaboration, persecution : anthroposophy in the shadow of National Socialism, 1933-1945
  • The German essence shall heal the world : ideological affinities between anthroposophy and Nazism
  • Education for the national community? : Waldorf Schools in the Third Reich
  • The Nazi campaign against occultism
  • The spirit of the race and the soul of the nation : anthroposophy and the rise of fascism in Italy
  • Spiritual racism in power : Italian anthroposophists and the fascist racial laws, 1938-1945
  • Conclusion : occultism and Nazism in historical perspective.