| Animals in the Third Reich Contributor(s): Fischer, Klaus P. (Introduction by), Sax, Boria (Author) |
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ISBN: 0922558701 ISBN-13: 9780922558704 Publisher: Yogh & Thorn Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Europe - Germany - Nature | Animal Rights |
| Dewey: 179.309 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.77 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This important book explores the relationship between the Third Reich and animals -- as symbols, as myths, and as living creatures. From a review in Choice: "Rarely does a book contribute to two fields so significantly as this one. Sax, an independent scholar and consultant to various human rights organizations, has written the first book to explore thoroughly the Nazi cult of animals. In a way, this book reads like a mystery novel, as it uncovers some of the chief paradoxes of Nazi ideology. The Nazis promoted vegetarianism and passed the most progressive anti-cruelty laws the world has ever known. Yet they also developed a mystical technocracy that reduced morality to the crudest version of a biological struggle for survival...This book is a must for all collections in German history and in animal rights. It is a deep and profound reflection on the complex and perplexing ways that animals can shape human culture and politics." (S.H. Webb). This second, expanded edition includes a new essay on "Nazi Totemism." |