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Nordicism and Modernity

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  1. Gregers Einer Forssling

    1. Pitstone, UK

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  • O?ffers a complete narrative of the development of Nordicism, from its roots in the National Romantic movement of the late eighteenth century

  • Examines Nordicism as a phenomenon with its own narrative, rather than as discreet episodes in works studying aspects of Eugenics, Nationalism, Nazism and the reception history of ancient Nordic culture

  • Defines Nordicism as a process of myth creation protecting both the individual and society from the challenges and terror of an ever-changing and accelerating state of modernity

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Nordicism, Myth and Modernity

    • Gregers Einer Forssling
    Pages 1-13

  3. New Foundations: Nationalist and Romantic Visions of the Nordic in Northern Europe and America

    • Gregers Einer Forssling
    Pages 15-80

  4. Regeneration: Racial Science, Eugenics and the Emergence of Nordicism

    • Gregers Einer Forssling
    Pages 81-123

  5. Towards Ragnarǫk

    • Gregers Einer Forssling
    Pages 125-172

  6. Nordicism Unleashed

    • Gregers Einer Forssling
    Pages 173-213

  7. The Flotsam of Nordicism in Our Liquid Modernity

    • Gregers Einer Forssling
    Pages 215-259

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 261-267
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About this book

This book offers a complete narrative of the development of Nordicism, from its roots in the National Romantic movement of the late eighteenth century, through to its most notorious manifestation in Nazi Germany, and finally to the fragmented forms that still remain in contemporary society. It is distinctive in treating Nordicism as a phenomenon with its own narrative, rather than as discreet episodes in works studying aspects of Eugenics, Nationalism, Nazism and the reception history of Old Norse culture. It is also distinctive in applying to this narrative a framework of analysis derived from the parallel theories of Roger Griffin and Zygmunt Bauman, to examine Nordicism as a process of myth creation protecting both the individual and society from the challenges and terror of an ever-changing and accelerating state of modernity. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Pitstone, UK

    Gregers Einer Forssling

About the author

Gregers Einer Forssling was born in Hørsholm, Denmark and brought up and educated in the UK. In 2019, he was awarded a PhD in history by Oxford Brookes University. His research interests include the reception history of Norse culture, Anglo-Scandinavian culture during the Viking Age and the socio-cultural dynamics of Nazism.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nordicism and Modernity

  • Authors: Gregers Einer Forssling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61210-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61209-2Published: 29 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61212-2Published: 30 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61210-8Published: 28 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 267

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Modern Europe, History of World War II and the Holocaust, Cultural History

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