Between occultism and Nazism : : anthroposophy and the politics of race in the fascist era / / Peter Staudenmaier.
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 reveal...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Aries Book Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.