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Author:   Uwe Puschner ,  Horst Junginger ,  Andreas Akerlund
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   24
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9783631644874

ISBN 10:   3631644876
Pages:   283
Publication Date:   26 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Uwe Puschner: The Notions Völkisch 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 Heil: Walter Baetke and the Chasm of 1945 – Luitgard Löw: The Great God’s Oldest Runes – Anders Gerdmar: «Luthers Kampf gegen die Juden»: A Völkisch Reception of Luther’s View of the Jews – Lena Berggren: Völkisch 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).

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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.

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