TY - GEN T1 - Hitler's monsters : a supernatural history of the Third Reich A1 - Kurlander, Eric, 1973- LA - English PP - New Haven PB - Yale University Press YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn988396543 AB - "The definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany, exploring the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power. The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler's personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of Atlantis in reimagining German politics and society and recasting German science and religion. In this eye-opening history, Eric Kurlander reveals how the Third Reich's relationship to the supernatural was far from straightforward. Even as popular occultism and superstition were intermittently rooted out, suppressed, and outlawed, the Nazis drew upon a wide variety of occult practices and esoteric sciences to gain power, shape propaganda and policy, and pursue their dreams of racial utopia and empire"-- OP - 422 CN - DD256.7 .K87 2017eb SN - 9780300190373 SN - 0300190379 SN - 9780300189452 SN - 0300189451 SN - 0300234546 KW - Germany : Politics and government : 1933-1945. KW - Supernatural : Political aspects : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Occultism : Political aspects : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Paganism : Political aspects : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Superstition : Political aspects : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - National socialism and occultism : History. KW - Religion and politics : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Political culture : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Popular culture : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Germany : Social conditions : 1933-1945. KW - Allemagne : Politique et gouvernement : 1933-1945. KW - Surnaturel : Aspect politique : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Occultisme : Aspect politique : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Paganisme : Aspect politique : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Superstitions : Aspect politique : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Nazisme et occultisme : Histoire. KW - Religion et politique : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Culture populaire : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Allemagne : Conditions sociales : 1933-1945. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Germany. KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT : Occultism. KW - HISTORY : Military : World War II. KW - HISTORY : Modern : 20th Century. KW - National socialism and occultism KW - Political culture KW - Politics and government KW - Popular culture KW - Religion and politics KW - Social conditions KW - Germany KW - History. KW - 1900-1999 KW - History ER -