Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780814731246)

Uncovers the mindset and motives that drive far-right extremists

More than half a century after the defeat of Nazism and fascism, the far right is again challenging the liberal order of Western democracies. Radical movements are feeding on anxiety about immigration, globalization and the refugee crisis, giving rise to new waves of nationalism and surges of white supremacism. A curious mixture of Aristocratic paganism, anti-Semitic demonology, Eastern philosophies and the occult is influencing populist antigovernment sentiment and helping to exploit the widespread fear that invisible elites are shaping world events.

Black Sun examines this neofascist ideology, showing how hate groups, militias and conspiracy cults gain influence. Based on interviews and extensive research into underground groups, the book documents new Nazi and fascist sects that have sprung up since the 1970s and examines the mentality and motivation of these far-right extremists. The result is a detailed, grounded portrait of the mythical and devotional aspects of Hitler cults among Aryan mystics, racist skinheads and Nazi satanists, and disciples of heavy metal music and occult literature.

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke offers a unique perspective on far right neo-Nazism viewing it as a new form of Western religious heresy. He paints a frightening picture of a religion with its own relics, rituals, prophecies and an international sectarian following that could, under the proper conditions, gain political power and attempt to realize its dangerous millenarian fantasies.

Author: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
ISBN-10: 0814731244
ISBN-13: 9780814731246
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 371
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.28w x 1.17d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/10/2001 pg. 59
Library Journal 12/01/2001 pg. 150
Multicultural Review 12/01/2002 pg. 89
Choice 10/01/2002 pg. 317