Hello,
'Il Mito del sangue', 'Sintesi di dottrina della razza', 'Tre Aspetti
del problema ebraico', 'Indirizzi per una educazione razziale', any
of these books are available from various Internet book stores which
ship internationally. Here is the address of a most efficient one:
http://www.libroelibri.com/
As indicated in the introduction to
http://thompkins_cariou.tripod.com, among these books, only 'Il Mito
del sangue' was commissioned, namely by the publisher Hoepli. It is
not in 'Il Mito del sangue' that Evola exposed the theory of the
three degrees of race; this work, as stated in the introduction,
attempts "to show the genesis of racial theory, or more precisely, of
the various themes in it, after having stated very precisely its
meaning ; (...) the sources that have fuelled the 'myth', the
influences that have gradually contributed to its formation and
assertion in contemporary history", while "sticking to the principle
of the greatest objectivity"; it is, as mentioned at the beginning
of 'The Elements of Racial Education', "a survey of the various
racial doctrines": however, this did not prevent Evola from doing
more than just exposing the theory of authors like Chamberlain, de
Gobineau, or Hitler, that is, from starting to write a critique of
their respective theory, which is developed in 'Sintesi di dottrina
della razza'.
If the task that Evola set himself in 'The Elements of Racial
Education' is "more specialised" (we wouldn't say "limited", on the
contrary), most of the points developed in 'Sintesi di dottrina della
razza' can still be found in it, including references to 'Latinity',
Mussolini and Fascism, in the fifth part (`Race and the Problem of
the New "Elite'); the former can thus be considered as a condensed
version of the latter, written from a different standpoint, for a
somewhat different audience.
While we are at it, we need to mention that we did not find it
relevant to add to 'The Elements of Racial Education' the short essay
by Evola on the problem of the supremacy of the white race which is
found in the appendix of the second and third Italian edition
published by Ar (1979, 1994), as well as in its French
edition, "Elements pour une éducation raciale" (Pardès, Puiseaux,
1984). Rather, we stuck to the first edition, brought out, as
mentioned, by Conte in 1941. Incidentally, French readers may be
interested in knowing that our translation is nec varietur, contrary
to the aforementioned French edition.
As to know exactly why Mussolini supported or at least said to Evola
he supported his racial work and agreed with the racial theory the
Italian author set out, if, as you suspect and as Evola once
suggested, it was connected with the mere need to differentiate
Fascist Italy from Germany, this would explain in part why racism did
not 'take' there, since this need does not come spontaneously from
inside but is dictated by circumstances, by reasons of a contingent
order.
Thompkins&Cariou
--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Ciopa"
<hyperborean@b...> wrote:
> Our moderators - Thompkins & Cariou - have recently published an
English
> translation of his 1941 booklet INDIRIZZI PER UNA EDUCAZIONE
RAZZIALE ("The
> Elements of Racial Education). I am hoping to initiate a discussion
of its
> contents.
>
>
>
> As the forward indicates, this is not a complete exposition of
Evola's
> understanding of race. For that, one must turn to his "Il mito del
sangue"
> and "Sintesi di dottrina della raza". This is a problem for those
in the
> Anglophone world since these works have not been translated into
English;
> they are even difficult for those who read Italian because their
> distribution is limited and the books in question are not available
from the
> Internet book stores that ship internationally.
>
>
>
> That said, the booklet has a limited objective: its purpose is to
introduce
> various concepts to educators to help them to bring the racial
teaching of
> Fascism to their pupils. The forward does not indicate whether this
was a
> work specifically commissioned for that task, or whether Evola took
it on
> himself to create it. Suffice it to say that Evola's wider concept
of "race"
> - which, in addition to the biological element, also comprises a
soulish and
> a spiritual aspect - seems to have found favor among the leaders
within
> Fascism. It seems to have been important to Mussolini that the
racial
> policies of his government differ from the strictly biological
theories of
> National Socialism.
>
>
>
> Evola indicates he opposed two forces. On the one hand, racial
ideas did not
> run as deep in Italy as they did in Germany. And on the other hand,
there
> were the "Johnny-come-latelies" who jumped on the racial bandwagon
with more
> enthusiasm than competence. Evola considered his racial ideas of
great
> importance, especially for the future of his nation. To that end, he
> prepared this pedagogical volume, not to present a complete theory
of race,
> but rather to affect the "formation of a mentality and of a
sensibility" in
> Italian pupils.