Die Erfindung des esoterischen Nationalsozialismus im Zeichen der Schwarzen Sonne

Autor(en)

Julian Strube

Abstrakt

The idea that there has been some kind of "esoteric" National Socialism has spread far and wide, particularly since the 1960s, becoming a significant topos in contemporary religious and political discourse. Not only the mainstream and academic press, but far-right and neo-Nazi circles maintain that there has been an "esoteric SS" still operating under the sign of the so-called "Black Sun," combatting the "forces of evil." The symbol of the Black Sun has become particularly popular since the 1990s, and other central topoi of "esoteric neo-Nazism" have become recognizable in popular culture today. This article will re-construct the genealogy of esoteric neo-Nazism and investigate the question of the alleged "esoteric" qualities of National Socialism. It will be shown that the "esoteric" content of National Socialism is to be regarded as a later, postwar invention without a historical foundation in the Third Reich.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Religionswissenschaft

Journal

Zeitschrift fur Religionswissenschaft

Band

20

Seiten

223-268

Anzahl der Seiten

46

ISSN

0943-8610

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1515/zfr-2012-0009

Publikationsdatum

11-2012

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603909 Religionswissenschaft

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Religious studies

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/die-erfindung-des-esoterischen-nationalsozialismus-im-zeichen-der-schwarzen-sonne(7edc505b-240e-4b8a-8ab7-380b2b766f47).html