Norse revival: transformations of Germanic neopaganism
Norse Revival offers a thorough investigation of Germanic Neopaganism (Asatru) through an international and comprehensive historical perspective. It traces Germanic Neopaganism's genesis in German ultra-nationalist and occultist movements around 1900. Based on ethnographic research of contempor...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Boston
Brill
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in critical research on religion
VOLUME 5 |
| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements BD Ancient European religions |
| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy & Religion
B Islam B Cultes nordiques B Religion B Néopaganisme B Neopaganism B Electronic books B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion B Norse cults |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | Norse Revival offers a thorough investigation of Germanic Neopaganism (Asatru) through an international and comprehensive historical perspective. It traces Germanic Neopaganism's genesis in German ultra-nationalist and occultist movements around 1900. Based on ethnographic research of contemporary groups in Germany, Scandinavia and North America, the book examines this alternative Neopagan religion's transformations towards respectability and mainstream thought after the 1970s. It asks which regressive and progressive elements of a National Romantic discourse on Norse myth have shaped Germanic Neopaganism. It demonstrates how these ambiguous ideas about Nordic myth permeate general discourses on race, religion, gender, sexuality, and aesthetics. Ultimately, Norse Revival raises the question whether Norse mythology can be freed from its reactionary ideological baggage |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-30951-7 90-04-30951-9 978-90-04-29435-6 |
| Access: | Open access versions available from some providers |
