The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol

by Malcolm Quinn

Despite the enormous amount of material on the subject of Nazism, there has been no substantial work on its emblem, the swastika. This original and controversial contribution examines the role that the swastika played in the construction of the Aryan myth in the nineteenth century, and its use in Nazi ideology as a symbol of party, nation and race, treating it as symbolic phenomenon in a cultural context. By identifying the swastika as a boundary or liminal image, Malcolm Quinn allies visual anaysis to issues of material culture and history.

210 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 1994

Reviews

[Sami Eerola · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book goes way too much in details and boring explanations and theories on why the Swastika is so appealing as a symbol.

The most interesting thing in this book is the history of the Western Swastika and why it is today the symbol of absolute evil and it can newer be redeemed. This book give me more arguments that i could imagine on why for example the Finnish air force Swastika emblem should be abolished. But this book is boring as hell to read.