01558nam a22002537a 4500 20221221144233.0 221221b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0937944149 AL eng 23 321.922 DEVL Savitri Devi 67270 Lightning and the sun USA National Vanguard Books 2000 199p. PB 22x15cm. Political Science A classic philosophical work about the historical inevitability of cultural decay and rebirth, written by one of Adolf Hitler's most devoted admirers. Savitri Devi couches her arguments in metaphor, using "lightning" to refer to forces of destruction and "sun" to refer to building in accordance with nature's eternal laws. Both are necessary, says Devi, since to build the pure and new one must first sweep away the rotting debris of the corrupt old order. Violence, per se, has no moral assignment; it's either worth its while or not, depending on what it aims for. For illustration, the author examines in detail the lives of three figures from history: Akhnaton, Genghis Khan, and Adolf Hitler. She argues that we are at the end of a cycle of history in which corruption and lies prevail over honor and truth, and that the time is ripe for the storm of violence that will precede the next golden age. Genghis Khan 67271 Gernany 67272 Heads of State 67273 Adolf Hitler 67274 DEVI (Savitri) 67275 ddc DB 226007 226007 0 0 ddc 0 0 PS AL AL 2014-12-04 0 321.922 DEVL D05465 2022-12-21 00:00:00 2022-12-21 DB Donated by V. T. Rajshekar