Julius Evola
Traditionalist writer and esotericist · 1898–1974
Evola was an Italian writer on esotericism and Traditionalism who argued for a sacred, hierarchical social order against modern egalitarianism. He collaborated with Fascist and Nazi circles, wrote on racial doctrine, and influenced the post-war European far right.
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He favoured an organic, hierarchical state under a supreme sovereign authority.
He rejected democracy outright as a symptom of modern decline.
He held that order and authority should take precedence over individual liberty.
He criticised narrow nationalism but envisioned a European imperium, not liberal internationalism.
He exalted the warrior ethos and treated war as spiritually meaningful.
He wrote on 'spiritual' racial doctrine and opposed racial mixing.
He rejected equality as a principle and opposed socialism and communism.
He condemned both capitalism and Marxism and subordinated economics to political authority.
No strong recorded view on trade policy.
He wanted society governed by sacred, transcendent principles, though he was hostile to Christianity.
He rejected the modern world, including feminism and egalitarianism, in favour of caste-like tradition.
He saw modern technology and materialism as signs of spiritual decline.