{"product_id":"hitlers-monsters-a-supernatural-history-of-the-third-reich-paperback","title":"Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Kurlander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany--the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Kurlander] shows how swiftly irrational ideas can take hold, even in an age before social media.\"--Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A careful, clear-headed, and exhaustive examination of a subject so lurid that it has probably scared away some of the serious research it merits.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Kurlander\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Stetson University. He lives in DeLand, FL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754154164512,"sku":"9780300234541","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/764bc7e35455c8a23dcaa596c9d3855b.webp?v=1780034552","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hitlers-monsters-a-supernatural-history-of-the-third-reich-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}