Despite the enormous amount of material about Nazism, there has been no substantial work on its emblem, the swastika. This original contribution examines the po

A remarkable cross-cultural history that rescues the swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol, from its deployment by the forces of hate. The swastika has been used

"Forces even the most sophisticated to rethink and rework their ideas of how images work in the world."--School Library Journal.* Traces the history of the swas