About the book
Media theorist and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff weaves a mind-bending tale of iconography and mysticism against the backdrop of a battle-torn Europe. In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler's own war machine spawning an unconventional new form of warfare that is fought not with steel, but with symbols and ideas. Unfortunately, these intangible arsenals are much more insidious and perhaps much more dangerous than their creators could have ever conceived.
\"Rushkoff is a cultural treasure and an eccentric author of big, strange ideas, never less than fascinating and always entertaining.\" -Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine, Red, Trees, and Transmetropolitan
\"Douglas has been one of my personal heroes, and I've been a most attentive reader of anything he cares to put between covers, knowing that his combination of a cold eye and a warm heart is guaranteed to astonish and embolden my own thinking about what's possible in the world--about what's possible to enact in the space between one human being and another. He occupies the ground of our most immediate perplexities, and his reports of what he finds are breaking news.\" -Jonathan Lethem, author of The Best American Comics and The Fortress of Solitude
Editions of Aleister & Adolf
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781506701042
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781506721040
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Media theorist and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff weaves a mind-bending tale of iconography and mysticism against the backdrop of a battle-torn Europe. In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler's own war machine spawning an unconventional new form of warfare that is fought not with steel, but with symbols and ideas. Unfortunately, these intangible arsenals are much more insidious and perhaps much more dangerous than their creators could have ever conceived.
\"Rushkoff is a cultural treasure and an eccentric author of big, strange ideas, never less than fascinating and always entertaining.\" -Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine, Red, Trees, and Transmetropolitan
\"Douglas has been one of my personal heroes, and I've been a most attentive reader of anything he cares to put between covers, knowing that his combination of a cold eye and a warm heart is guaranteed to astonish and embolden my own thinking about what's possible in the world--about what's possible to enact in the space between one human being and another. He occupies the ground of our most immediate perplexities, and his reports of what he finds are breaking news.\" -Jonathan Lethem, author of The Best American Comics and The Fortress of Solitude
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Aleister & Adolf about?
Media theorist and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff weaves a mind-bending tale of iconography and mysticism against the backdrop of a battle-torn Europe. In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler's own war machine spawning an unconventional new form of warfare that is fought not with steel, but with symbols and ideas. Unfortunately, these intangible arsenals are much more insidious and perhaps much more dangerous than their creators could have ever conceived.
\"Rushkoff is a cultural treasure and an eccentric author of big, strange ideas, never less than fascinating and always entertaining.\" -Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine, Red, Trees, and Transmetropolitan
\"Douglas has been one of my personal heroes, and I've been a most attentive reader of anything he cares to put between covers, knowing that his combination of a cold eye and a warm heart is guaranteed to astonish and embolden my own thinking about what's possible in the world--about what's possible to enact in the space between one human being and another. He occupies the ground of our most immediate perplexities, and his reports of what he finds are breaking news.\" -Jonathan Lethem, author of The Best American Comics and The Fortress of Solitude
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Aleister & Adolf?
Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons > Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions > American style / tradition comic books
Where can I read a sample of Aleister & Adolf?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781506701042
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Aleister & Adolf?
Douglas Rushkoff
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Aleister & Adolf is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781506701042) and paperback(ISBN 9781506721040)
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