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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] ago  (edited ago)

An American academic's comprehensive, unbiased and highly readable study of the racial, historical, and philosophical ideas of National Socialism's most prominent theorist. Most stimulating in its thorough treatment of Rosenberg's quest for a Nordic Christianity, with fascinating material on his interest in Gnostics, Manichaeans, Cathars, and other precursors and rivals of the Church. Whisker's knowledgeable assessments of the influences of such figures as Meister Eckhart, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur de Gobineau on Rosenberg, as well as the development of Rosenberg's racial world view. Makes this book indispensable for the student of Rosenberg, the Third Reich, or twentieth century racial thought.

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[–] 1Iron_Curtain 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Alfred Rosenberg was kind of a loony in a manner. I read his book, the Myth of 20th century, and maybe some of it was real, but it seems like a great deal of it is just emphasizing certain points and not looking at the fuller picture, which opens it up to being kind of conspiratorial or leads in that direction.

I think Alfred Rosenberg was one of those Nazis that should have not put to death, but merely imprisoned for life. I suppose its hard to say because he had a role to play in perpetrating the Holocaust. I liked though how he asked for the Slavs to be spared death, even though part of this had to do with him being from Estonia.

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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

His anti-Semitism was definitely that of the conspiracist. If that were the sum of his thought he'd be worthy of only cursory review. Not to say he was necessarily correct otherwise. He often wasn't. But he was an interesting thinker. Particularly on religion.

The Myth of the Twentieth Century can be a difficult read though. If anything Whisker's book should be read as a companion to it.

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[–] 1Iron_Curtain 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

His ideas on religion were interesting, but he misunderstood the Levant region to some extent, but was mostly right about it. He was claiming how Gargoyles and other corrupted forms of plastic art had an Eastern/Asiatic origin, and I think he is right ultimately, but it expresses the diversity of the European mind in many ways.

I think I like Henri Lammens appraisal of Oriental religions. He claimed the Alawites were lost Christians. I tend to agree with this appraisal and believe that it proves that the origins of Christianity is with the European race, since I believe the Alawites are some sort of hybridized and Asiaticized archaic European type. Yeah, but Rosenberg was mostly right. The religions and cults of the Levant suck. This applies back to North Africa, Anatolia, and Iran, where a lot of weird Gnostic cults existed.

Rosenberg was a noble fellow of sorts, besides of course for his being involved in a genocide, but I do like his pan-Europeanism to an extent with a very, very heavy dose of Germanic to go with it. I also think Streicher was sort of the other end of Rosenberg, neither, especially Streicher, should have been given the death sentence in my opinion.

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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Been finishing up a re-read of this. Very even handed for those seriously interested in Nazism's philosophical underpinnings.