01704nam a22002657a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200220008810000240011024500260013426000390016030000240019936500220022352009090024565000240115465000190117865000260119765000240122370000260124794200120127399900190128595201340130420221221144233.0221221b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0937944149  cAL  aeng  223a321.922bDEVL  aSavitri Devi967270  aLightning and the sun  aUSAbNational Vanguard Booksc2000  a199p.bPBc22x15cm.  2Political Science  aA 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.  aGenghis Khan967271  aGernany967272  aHeads of State967273  aAdolf Hitler967274  aDEVI (Savitri)967275  2ddccDB  c226007d226007  00102ddc40708PSaALbALd2014-12-04l0o321.922 DEVLpD05465r2022-12-21 00:00:00w2022-12-21yDBzDonated by V. T. Rajshekar