James B. Whisker

James Biser Whisker (b. 12 January 1939 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania) is a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D., University of Maryland) and former professor of political science at West Virginia University (he taught for over 37 years).

Life

He is important for his studies of German National Socialist history and philosophy as well as his translation of Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the Twentieth Century and Hermann Göring's Germany Reborn. Whisker's introduction to The Myth of the Twentieth Century provides one of the few general summaries of Rosenberg's philosophy available, and he has also written two full books on Rosenberg's thought. The American revisionist also wrote for the Journal of Historical Review.

James B Whisker is professor emeritus from West Virginia University where he taught for over 37 years, retiring 12-31-2005. He was adviser to the WVU College Republicans during most of his tenure. He received his B.S. From Mount St. Mary's College and M.A. degrees in philosophy and history from Niagara University, and his Ph. D. in 1969 from the University of Maryland. He is author or co-author of books on gunsmiths and arms makers of eighteen states. Among his other books are The Alien Tort Claims Act, The Militia, The Right to Hunt; The Citizen-Soldier and U.S. Military Policy, Our Vanishing Freedom: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms; Nihilism: The Philosophy of Nothingness; Asylum and Sanctuary in History and Law; The Just War Doctrine in Catholic Thought; Capital Punishment in Religious and Political Thought; and the Rise and Decline of the American Militia System. He currently resides in Everett, PA.

Bibliography (excerpt)

• National Socialist Ideology: Concepts and Ideas (Greensboro, NC: WUN Press, 1979).
• The Philosophy of Alfred Rosenberg (Costa Mesa, CA, USA: Noontide Press, 1990).
• The Social, Political and Religious Thought of Alfred Rosenberg (Lanham, MD, USA: University Press of America, 1982).
• "Italian Fascism: An Interpretation," The Journal of Historical Review, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 5-27.
• "Gnostic Origins of Alfred Rosenberg's Thought," The Journal of Historical Review, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 335-355.
• "Karl Marx: Anti-Semite," The Journal of Historical Review, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 69-76.
• Introduction to Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the Twentieth Century (Sussex, England: Historical Review Press, 2004).
• Introduction to Hermann Göring's Germany Reborn (Costa Mesa, CA: Noontide Press, 1983).
• Nazi Ideologist: The Political and Social Thought of Alfred Rosenberg, 2020
  • This book by dynamic scholars James Whisker and John Coe examines the short life of the ideologist Alfred Rosenberg, one of the most overlooked individuals in the pantheon of leaders in the Third Reich. Born to German mercantile parents in the Baltic region of the Russian Empire, he was a student in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution. Deeply influenced by The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a propaganda pamphlet distributed by the tsar’s secret police, he carried it to Germany, where he introduced it to Adolf Hitler. Rosenberg leaned heavily on heterodox Christian writings that challenged mainstream Christian thought. He revived interest in a variety of philosophies and individuals long forgotten, such as the cosmic dualistic Cathars and the mystic Master Eckart von Hochheim. Rosenberg figured in a long Jew-critical tradition in Germany, a legacy that began with Martin Luther and continued through many of the prominent German figures of the nineteenth century. Indeed, Rosenberg considered his magnum opus, The Myth of the 20th Century, to be the logical successor work to Foundations of the 19th Century by the composer Richard Wagner’s son-in-law Houston Stewart Chamberlain.

External Links

• Codoh: Authors: James B. Whisker
• The Myth of the Twentieth Century at archive.org
• "Italian Fascism: An Interpretation" by James Whisker
• "Karl Marx: Anti-Semite" by James Whisker
• The Philosophy of Alfred Rosenberg at the Internet Archive

Books

• Books by James B. Whisker
• Books by James B. Whisker at Internet Archive