Men Among the Ruins
Post-War Reflections of a Radical Traditionalist
Introduction: "Julius Evola's Political Endeavors" by Dr. H. T.
Hansen
1. Revolution -- Counter-revolution -- Tradition
2. Sovereignty -- Authority -- Imperium
3. Personality -- Freedom -- Hierarchy
4. Organic State -- Totalitarianism
5. Bonapartism -- Machiavellianism -- Elitism
6. Work -- The Demonic Nature of the Economy
7. History -- Historicism
8. Choice of Traditions
9. Military Style -- Militarism -- War
10. Tradition -- Catholicism -- Ghibellinism
11. Realism -- Communism -- Anti-bourgeois
12. Economy and Politics -- Corporations -- Work Units
13. Occult War -- Weapons of the Occult War
14. Latin Character -- Roman World -- Mediterranean Soul
15. The Problem of Births
16. Form and Presuppositions of a United Europe
Appendix: Evola's Autodifesa (Self-Defense Statement)
Julius Evola (1898-1974) was one of the leading authorities on the world's esoteric traditions and wrote Revolt Against the Modern World, Introduction to Magic, The Mystery of the Grail, The Hermetic Tradition, The Yoga of Power, Meditations on the Peaks, The Doctrine of Awakening, and Eros and the Mysteries of Love.
"Evola is one of the most interesting minds of the [world] war
generation. He has a really astounding knowledge at his
disposal."
*Mircea Eliade, author of The Sacred and the Profane*
"Evola writes in lively prose with fascinating detail. . . . To
read his description of higher spiritual states is like watching a
champion mountain climber on a vertical glacier."
*Gnosis*
"Disgusted by the cruelty and artificiality of communism, scorning
the dogmatic, self-centered fascism of his age, Evola looks beyond
man-made systems to the eternal principles in creation and human
society. The truth, as he sees it, is so totally at odds with the
present way of thinking that it shocks the modern mind. Evola was
no politician, trying to make the best of things, but an idealist,
uncompromising in the pursuit of the Best itself."
*John Michell, The New View Over Atlantis*
"Men among the Ruins is Julius Evola's most notorious work: an
unsparing indictment of modern society and politics. Evola rises
above the usual dichotomies of left and right, liberal and
conservative, through a trenchant critique of the metaphysics that
lies at the base of modern values, challenging us to reconnect our
lives and our institutions to the timeless spiritual standard that
guided our ancestors. Men among the Ruins is not a work for
complacent, self-satisfied minds . . . it is a shocking and
humbling text that will be either loved or hated. Evola's enemies
cannot refute him; they can only ignore him. They do so at their
peril."
*Glenn A. Magee, author of Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition*
"Not for the feint of heart. His writing typically demands a
concentration of focus and a strong level of comprehension."
*Robert James Buratti, New Dawn, July-August 2002*
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