Julius Evola

Julius Evola (1898–1974) was an Italian philosopher and esoteric writer whose anti-modern traditionalism influenced fascist and postwar far-right movements.

Traditionalism: A school of thought that treats ancient, sacred traditions as sources of enduring truth. Evola developed a radical political philosophy from the idea of an original, transcendent tradition.
Hierarchy: An arrangement of people or ranks in which authority and status are unequal. Evola treated differentiated rank as a principle of legitimate social order.
Italian Futurism: An Italian avant-garde movement that celebrated speed, technology, and the destruction of inherited forms. Evola’s early artistic circle overlapped with Futurism before he rejected its modernist orientation.
René Guénon: A French metaphysical writer whose critiques of modernity helped establish modern Traditionalism. Guénon’s traditionalist writings strongly influenced Evola, though their views and emphases differed.
Ordine Nuovo: An Italian neo-fascist organization founded in 1956 by Pino Rauti and others. Its members drew on Evola’s writings to frame a revolutionary, anti-democratic political identity.
Perennial philosophy: The view that distinct religious traditions express a single underlying metaphysical truth. Evola used perennialist ideas to connect Western and Asian esoteric teachings.
Empire: A political order that rules multiple peoples or territories under a central authority. Evola preferred an imperial ideal grounded in spiritual authority to modern nation-states.
Dada: An avant-garde movement that used absurdity and anti-art to challenge established cultural values. Evola participated in Dada’s Italian scene and exhibited abstract paintings.
Arturo Reghini: An Italian esotericist and Freemason who wrote on Pythagoreanism and initiatic traditions. Reghini introduced Evola to Italian esoteric circles and influenced his early magical studies.
European New Right: A family of European right-wing intellectual movements that emerged from the late 1960s onward. Some New Right writers adopted Evola’s critique of egalitarianism and modernity.

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Aleksandr DuginRelated: Evola’s work influenced Dugin’s rejection of liberal modernity and his far-right intellectual milieu.