Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism by Gardell, Mattias

Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism

Racist paganism is a thriving but understudied element of the American religious and cultural landscape. Gods of...
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Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism by Gardell, Mattias

Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism

¥11,126

Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism

¥11,126
Author: Mattias Gardell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Racist paganism is a thriving but understudied element of the American religious and cultural landscape. Gods of the Blood is the first in-depth survey of the people, ideologies, and practices that make up this fragmented yet increasingly radical and militant milieu. Over a five-year period during the 1990s Mattias Gardell observed and participated in pagan ceremonies and interviewed pagan activists across the United States. His unprecedented entree into this previously obscure realm is the basis for this firsthand account of the proliferating web of organizations and belief systems combining pre-Christian pagan mythologies with Aryan separatism. Gardell outlines the historical development of the different strands of racist paganism-including Wotanism, Odinism and Darkside Asatr -and situates them on the spectrum of pagan belief ranging from Wicca and goddess worship to Satanism.

Gods of the Blood details the trends that have converged to fuel militant paganism in the United States: anti-government sentiments inflamed by such events as Ruby Ridge and Waco, the rise of the white power music industry (including whitenoise, dark ambient, and hatecore), the extraordinary reach of modern communications technologies, and feelings of economic and cultural marginalization in the face of globalization and increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the American population. Gardell elucidates how racist pagan beliefs are formed out of various combinations of conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism, warrior ideology, populism, beliefs in racial separatism, Klandom, skinhead culture, and tenets of national socialism. He shows how these convictions are further animated by an array of thought selectively derived from thinkers including Nietzche, historian Oswald Spengler, Carl Jung, and racist mystics. Scrupulously attentive to the complexities of racist paganism as it is lived and practiced, Gods of the Blood is a fascinating, disturbing, and important portrait of the virulent undercurrents of certain kinds of violence in America today.



Author: Mattias Gardell
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 06/27/2003
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.49h x 6.19w x 1.09d
ISBN: 9780822330714


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2003 pg. 64
Books & Culture 11/01/2003 pg. 8
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 925
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2004 pg. 21 - Strongly Recommended

About the Author

Mattias Gardell is Associate Professor in the History of Religions at Stockholm University. He is the author of In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and The Nation of Islam, published by Duke University Press.


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