Beschreibung
The present volume deals with the expansion of the Nordic ideology in the first half of the twentieth century. Common features of völkisch Nordicism derived from the field of conventional nationalism. Beyond that, it constituted a mythological counter narrative that combined the idea of spiritual kinship with biological lineage.
Autorenportrait
Horst Junginger, PD and PhD in history of religions, is currently professor of the study of religion at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
Andreas Åkerlund, PhD in history, is research fellow and research leader at the Department of History at Uppsala University.
Inhalt
Contents: Uwe Puschner: The Notions
and Nordic: A Conceptual Approximation – Horst Junginger:
Nordic Ideology in the SS and the SS Ahnenerbe – Debora Dusse: The Eddic Myth between Academic and Religious Interpretations – Bernard Mees:
Charisma, Authority and
: Walter Baetke and the Chasm of 1945 – Luitgard Löw: The Great God’s Oldest Runes – Anders Gerdmar:
«Luthers Kampf gegen die Juden»: A
Reception of Luther’s View of the Jews – Lena Berggren:
Thought in Sweden: The Manhem Society and the Quest for National Enlightenment 1934–44 – Andreas Åkerlund:
Nordic Studies in National Socialist Germany: A Possible Career Path for Swedish Academics – Hartmut Walravens: Sven Hedin and German Scholars: The Cases of Wilhelm A. Unkrig and Ferdinand Lessing – Isrun Engelhardt:
The Holy City of Lhasa: Dreams and Destination for Sven Hedin and Ernst Schäfer
Stefanie v. Schnurbein: The Use of Theories of Religion in Contemporary Asatru – Herman Wirth: Summary of «The Great God’s Oldest Runes». Fimbultý’s Prehistoric Runes (Voluspá 60).
