Tales of reconstruction. Intertwining Germanic neo-Paganism and Old Norse scholarship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3868082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefanie Von Schnurbein (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 148-167 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Research on Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2050303214567671 |
| OpenAlex | W2165134224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Historians of religion and adherents of new religious movements in the twentieth century have frequently had intersecting agendas. This article discusses the interactions between scholarship on Germanic myth and culture and the protagonists and belief systems of Germanic neo-Pagan movements (Asatru). It covers the era from the inception of Germanic neo-Paganism in the nationalist, anti-Semitic völkisch movement in Germany in the early 20th century until today. The article traces the appeal of reconstructionist approaches within the study of Germanic myth and culture, and the desire to access a primordial pre-Christian culture back to European National Romanticism. It uncovers the latent anti-Jewish sentiments that often pervade parts of both Germanic neo-Paganism and Germanic and Indo-European studies. At the same time, it accounts for the significant changes in these ideologically tainted patterns of thought within the last two decades, highlighting Germanic neo-Paganism's development toward respectability and mainstream thought with the help of references to recent scholarship
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Aryan race · Christianity · German · Germanic languages · Ideology · Literature · Mythology · Paganism · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Classics · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |