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Men Among the Ruins: Post-War Reflections of a Radical Traditionalist Paperback – January 1, 2002

by Julius Evola (Author), Joscelyn Godwin (Author)

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Julius Evola's masterful overview of the political and social manifestations of our time, the "age of decline" known to the Hindus as the Kali Yuga.

• Reveals the occult war that underlies the crises that have become a prevailing feature of modern life.

• Includes H. T. Hansen's definitive essay on Evola's political life and theory.

Men Among the Ruins is Evola's frontal assault on the predominant materialism of our time and the mirage of progress. For Evola and other proponents of Traditionalism, we are now living in an age of increasing strife and chaos: the Kali Yuga of the Hindus or the Germanic Ragnarok. In such a time, social decadence is so widespread that it appears as a natural component of all political institutions. Evola argues that the crises that dominate the daily lives of our societies are part of a secret occult war to remove the support of spiritual and traditional values in order to turn man into a passive instrument of the powerful.

Evola is often regarded as the godfather of contemporary Italian fascism and right-wing radical politics, but attentive examination of the historical record--as provided by H. T. Hanson's definitive introduction--reveals Evola to be a much more complex figure. Though he held extreme right-wing views, he was a fearless critic of the Fascist regime and preferred a caste system based on spirituality and intellect to the biological racism championed by the Nazis. Ultimately, he viewed the forces of history as comprised by two factions: "history's demolition squad" enslaved by blind faith in the future and those individuals whose watchword is Tradition. These latter stand in this world of ruins at a higher level and are capable of letting go of what needs to be abandoned in order that what is truly essential not be compromised.

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"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)

"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)

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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.

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Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions (January 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780892819058
ISBN-13: 978-0892819058
ASIN: 0892819057
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
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Ever wonder why the world seems so dead these days?

October 5, 2016

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Because it is. This book will open your mind or crush it. It's tears back the shrouded veils of modernity and show you the stink you've been smelling all your life but couldn't identify.

Don't read if your feelings are prone to being hurt or you require trigger warnings. There are no 'safe spaces' here.

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Julius Evola: Proponent of Counter-revolution and Tradition.

February 14, 2003

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_Men Among the Ruins_ is the post World War II political reflections of the Italian intellectual Julius Evola. Continuing along the same lines as he had in his more famous _Revolt Against the Modern World_, Evola advocates a return to Tradition and radical counter-revolution. This translation is divided into three parts: an excellent introduction to the life and thought of Julius Evola, the text of _Men Among the Ruins_ proper, and Julius Evola's defense when brought in front of a court for charges of subversive activity.
_Men Among the Ruins_ has been called a "dangerous book" and Evola has been called a fascist; however, if we are unable to read these "dangerous books" and decide for ourselves what they have to say then we will never be able to learn anything from outside of the dull conformist mainstream. The introduction to this book explains much of Evola's thought and life, while at the same time explaining the particularly tricky issues of his involvement with fascism, his lectures in Germany, his racist theories (unlike the crass biological racism of certain components of the National Socialist regime, Evola advocates a spiritual notion of race), and his relationship with antiSemitism (including mention of the notorious forgery "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion").
_Men Among the Ruins_ advocates a return to Tradition and a rejection of modern day liberalism, Bolshevism, individualism, collectivism, and the ideals of the revolution. Against this, Evola proposes a return to an underlying Indo-European substratum, authority, and a re-recognition of the necessity for transcendence. The book includes discussions of various aspects of the State, hierarchy, work and the economy, the Roman Imperium, corporativism (which Evola will somewhat reject along with socialism), militarism, and the role of war. Evola also tackles the issues of the "occult war" (including many of the rumors about the Jews - Evola rejects the more virulent forms of antiSemitism), the "problem of births", and Roman Catholicism as a component of that Tradition. I disagree somewhat with Evola's rejection of Catholicism, although it is unclear to me how much of this aspect of the Tradition is retainable (this would include recognition of the changes in the Church post-Vatican II, as well as the need to address the problem Evola brings up of the world's other religious traditions within the framework of Catholicism). Evola concludes with a discussion of the united Europe and a call for a new European Order. Evola writes specifically about the kind of men that are needed to compose this new Order, including old European families and military leaders. He concludes, "It remains to be seen which and how many men, in spite of it all, still stand upright among so many ruins, in order that they may make this task their own." The book concludes with Evola's defense before the Italian court and his rejection of his specific "glorification of Fascism" charge. This defense is one of the best clarifications of Evola's personal idiosyncratic thought that I have encountered.
In order to read this work, it is probably necessary to first complete Evola's more famous _Revolt Against the Modern World_. Most of Evola's other works that have been translated have a more esoteric bent to them and are less outrightly political. In the end however, Evola advocates a form of apoleteia, a phenomenon he will refer to as "riding the tiger", and a rejection of all party politics. In fact, Evola never participated in outright politics nor ever voted in his entire life. The book goes beyond the familiar schema of Right and Left political thinking and is certainly not to be recommended to any person completely absorbed in either mainstream or modernist ideologies and modes of thinking.

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December 4, 2006

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For the new reader of Evola, try "Revolt Against the Modern World" instead of "Men Among the Ruins." "Ruins" concerns Evola's own application of his philosophical perspective to post-war "current events" rates a weak second to his first-rate theoretical works.

Evolan "initiates" will find this work worthwhile, however, in deepening appreciation for the world-view of the Baron.

Well edited and nicely bound, as most works edited by Joscelyn Godwin and published by Inner Traditions.

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Christopher R. Travers

An interesting tirade

November 28, 2009

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First the good. This work by Evola may be thought provoking to those who find modern political correctness distasteful but haven't made up their minds. Evola proposes here a sort of counter-revolution against democracy, egalitarianism, and so forth. It can be an interesting book viewed as an attack on many modern tendencies.

As to the bad, this book often comes across as sermonizing. The author is clearly extremely opinionated in these areas and it shows.

Worse, I think he takes many ideas to extreme lengths, advocating totalitarianism as a utopian type of government for example. While this can occasionally be thought-provoking, I find myself very hard-pressed to accept his absolutism regarding these areas.

All in all I think this is a useful book mostly for those looking for such a perspective, or trying to understand Evola's political background in relation to his esoteric works.

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Mr. Bo

Kosher!

September 13, 2005

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March 2, 2005

I expected something more controversial or thought provoking, but it's very kosher, almost bland. Basically, baron Evola was a pre-1789 Sicilian traditionalist and aristocrat who naturally resented the two hundred and fifty years of our present day industrial/mercantile/militaristic/demo-pornocratic "multicultural" disaster.

An old anti-democrat like Nietzsche, in comparison,

has more staying power than Evola's mildly politically incorrect

class musings. Maybe, it's just this book (haven't read Evola's other work yet).

Take into consideration that over 1/3 of this edition includes an intro essay -the mandatory PC agitprop professer or another, pontificating von oben upon the possible

dangers of Evola's ways of free-thinking! Yawn. The usual US academical fear of truth and reality, especially when touching the controversian, taboo topics -the exploding problem of Race relations (esp. in North America) and of the Zionist Jewish world suprematism.

If you think New Orleans riots are not part of the global Zimbabwe anarchy, Evola is not for you.

But, no worries. Count Evola is no David Irving. He doesn't bite! He's one of the good guys!

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Five Stars

February 3, 2017

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A stunning revelation for the burgeoning or stalwart conservative

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jslaugh22

Genius!

January 3, 2017

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Evola is great!

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