Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Von Schnurbein Stefanie
Title : Norse Revival Transformations of Germanic Neopaganism
Year : 2016

Link download : Von_Schnurbein_Stefanie_-_Norse_Revival.zip

Series Editor Preface. Norse mythology has come to be associated with the extreme right in Germany - particularly since its appropriation into Nazi ideology. Stefanie von Schnurbein, who has had a decades-long interest in this topic, engages in an in-depth exploration of Germanic Neopaganism. She examines its roots in the völkisch movement of the late 19th and early 20th century as well as engages in ethnographic research of the current movement. While parts of the movement remain racist, anti-Semitic, nationalistic, and xenophobic, other parts of it have emerged which are not. Von Schnurbein’s stance toward the movement is critical in that she discerns by separating the regressive elements of Neopaganism from those that are more progressive. With this, she raises the question whether Norse mythology can be freed from its reactionary baggage. ...