Black Sun (Goodrick-Clarke book)

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Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity is a book by British historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. It was published by New York University Press in 2002. A successor to Goodrick-Clarke's 1985 book The Occult Roots of Nazism, which focused on the influence of occult movements on Nazi Germany, it examines post-war esoteric neo-Nazism with a particular focus on the Anglophone world. It was originally intended as a sequel to The Occult Roots of Nazism, but in the course of writing it its scope expanded further. Among the topics covered are the histories of American and British neo-Nazism, various figures associated with neo-Nazism and esoteric neo-Nazism, neo-Nazi satanism, neo-Nazi music, and belief in Nazi UFOs and other conspiracies. The book takes its name from the esoteric neo-Nazi Black Sun idea, which Goodrick-Clarke notes was later identified with a particular Nazi design. Goodrick-Clarke draws a parallel between the conditions in early 20th-century Austria...

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