Social and Political Thought of Julius Evola

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ID19936264
AuthorsPaul Furlong (corresponding author)
Year2011
Pages176
Publication date2011-04-21
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSocial and political thought of Julius Evola (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203816912
OpenAlexW1586707263
Open LibraryOL33723579M
ISBN9780203816912
LanguageEN
Citations received17

Julius Evola’s writing covered a vast range of subjects, from a distinctive and categorical ideological outlook and has been extremely influential on a significant number of extreme right thinkers, activists and organisations. This book is the first full length study in English to present his political thought to a wider audience, beyond that of his followers and sympathisers, and to bring into the open the study of a neglected strand of contemporary Western thought, that of traditionalism. Evola deserves more attention because he is an influential writer. His following comes from an important if largely ignored political movement: activists and commentators whose political positions are, like his, avowedly traditionalist, authoritarian, anti-modern, anti-democratic and anti-liberal. With honourable exceptions, contemporary academic study tends to treat these groups as a minority within a minority, a sub-species of Fascism, from whom they are held to derive their ideas and their support. This work seeks to bring out more clearly the complexity of Evola’s post-war strategy, so as to explain how he can be adopted both by the neo-fascist groups committed to violence, and by groups such as the European New Right whose approach is more aimed at influence from within liberal democracies. Furlong also recognises the relevance of Evola’s ideas to anti-globalisation arguments, including a re-examination of his arguments for detachment and spontaneism (apolitia)

Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy · Authoritarianism · Democracy · General · History & Theory · italian · Italy · Julius Evola (1898-1974) · Political and social views · Political Ideologies · Political parties · Political Process · Politisches Denken · Right and left (Political science)

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