More than half a century after the defeat of fascism, the far-right is once again challenging democracy. Since the 1980s, radical movements have been worried about economic globalization, pro-minority measures, and immigration from the third world. The Aryan racial myth, anti-Semitism, occultism, and Eastern religions provide a revolutionary ideology for groups that feel threatened by the loss of their cultural tradition and identity within multicultural societies.

The book "Black Sun" examines the new neo-fascist ideology, demonstrating how hate groups, paramilitary militias, and conspiracy theory supporters are trying to expand their influence. Based on interviews and thorough research in the realm of marginal groups, the book provides documented insight into the new Nazi and fascist sects that emerged from the 1970s to the early 2000s in Europe and America, and explores the mindset and motivations of far-right extremists.

The result is a detailed and well-researched portrait of the mythical and religious aspects of Hitlerian worship among Aryan mystics, racist skinheads, Satanic Nazis, heavy metal music fans, and occult writers. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke offers a unique presentation of far-right Neo-Nazism, treating it as a new religious movement. He outlines the terrifying image of a belief system with its own idols, rituals, prophecies, and an international sectarian audience, which could, under appropriate conditions, gain political power and attempt to realize its dangerous millenarian fantasies.