Tag: nationalism
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NYT calls H.P. Blavatsky an Anti-Semitic influence on Nazis
The New York Times profiles Tony Hovater, a white nationalist, and uses a poor source accusing H.P. Blavatsky of being an Anti-Semitic influence on the National Socialists. In this last month’s New York Times profile article “I Interviewed a White Nationalist and Fascist, What Was I Left With?” its journalist, Richard Fausset claimed that Helena Blavatsky was…
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Liberals and Nationalism: Countering the Linguistic Coup on Western Values
“What is there about ethno-nationalism now that rallies voters, but hasn’t done so before?” (Ivan Krastev, Central Europe is a Lesson to Liberals: Don’t Be Anti-Nationalist) Misunderstanding what is nationalism lies often in our confusion of terms and theoretical frame of reference. Nationalism, which was not seen as the end of the means, became increasingly…
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Popular Occulture in Scotland and Scottish Theosophy: Michael Shaw on “The Theosophical Press in Scotland”
Presented at the “Periodical Occulture and the Occult Public Sphere.” 14th July 2017. Synopsis “This paper discusses the Theosophical periodical press in Scotland c.1880-1920, and it argues that these periodicals reveal a particular Theosophical culture in Scotland. Focusing on two titles that were unique to Scotland, Theosophy in Scotland and Occult, Scientific and Literary Papers Read…
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