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Gregor didn't write "Montini recognized Evola as just that kind of
anticlerical "hysterical fanatic" who could best serve his
purpose...", but "Mussolini recognized Evola as just that kind of
anticlerical "hysterical fanatic" who could best serve his purpose…".
In other words, he put into Mussolini's mouth words spoken by Montini.

During Fascism, Evola endured strong criticisms, often unfounded and
puerile, from some prominent Fascist intellectuals of the
time, who, for some of them, like Almirante, spoke very highly of him
after the war was over. Yet, we don't have Evola's answers to those
criticisms. Did he even answer them? It is interesting to note that,
whereas Guénon entered into many long controversies throughout his
life, Evola seemed to have tended to avoid them as much as possible.




--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, Savitar Devi
<savitar_devi@y...> wrote:
>
>
> Alas, Gregor does provide references to some of his less flattering
descriptions.
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>
>
> The `hysterical fanatic' slur has two footnotes relating to it –
>
>
>
> `Montini identified Evola as suffering from "those strange forms of
cerebralism and neurasthenia, of intensive cultivation of
incomprehensibility, of the metaphysic of obscurity, of cryptology of
expression, of pseudo-mystical precosity, of cabbalistic fascinations
magically evaporated by the refined drugs of Oriental erudition." As
cited by Richard Drake, "Julius Evola, Radical Fascism, and the
Lateran Accords, "Catholic Historical Review, no.74 (1988), p.414 and
D.A. Binchy, Church and State in Fascist Italy (London: Oxford
University Press, 1941), p.119.
>
>
>
> Of course, a Catholic would say that wouldn't they? One can never
trust the perceptions of Catholicism.
>
>
>
> I have previously (though I cannot remember where) read that
something to the contrary opinion of Gregor, saying that Evola
actually manipulated Mussolini. Either Evola or Mussolini being
manipulated by each other seems a bit unrealistic too me – I am sure
that they both would capable of recognizing any subterfuge or `social
engineering' that was taking place.
>
>
> evola_as_he_is <evola_as_he_is@y...> wrote:
> Lately, a message has been posted on the forum of the site
> www.juliusevola.it by a former student of Piero di Vona, one of the
> foremost experts on Evola's work. It attempts to show, on the basis
> of the 'Taccuini mussolianini', that Evola's relations with
Mussolini
> were far closer, both in human and in intellectual terms, than
Evola
> claimed in his autobiography.
>
> We shall describe some of the contents of this meesage, which show
> unequivocally that Gregor's views on Evola and his influence on the
> ideology of the Fascist regime are as exaggerated as the views of
the
> scholars whom he criticises for assuming that Evola was more or
less
> the 'éminence grise' of Mussolini, and that, in any case, Mussolini
> never regarded Evola as an "hysterical fanatic" (would Gregor be
kind
> enough to give us precise references?).
>
>
>
>
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Mon Nov 7, 2005 11:35 am

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Has anyone come across A. J. Gregors' book `Mussolini's Intellectuals'? The portrayal of Evola is this book is quite rancid to say the least… this is a quote...
savitar_devi Offline Send Email Nov 4, 2005
10:00 am

Sure. In the meantime, this is a description of the book : "Fascism has traditionally been characterized as irrational and anti- intellectual, finding...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Nov 4, 2005
10:17 am

... I have not read "Mussolini's Intellectuals" yet, but its author, A. James Gregor (who has been writing studies of Fascism for about forty years now), has ...
Michael Lord
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Nov 4, 2005
6:19 pm

By 1925, Evola was attempting to resolve the problems of philosophical idealism by pursuing epistemological problems into ontological conclusions that made the...
Savitar Devi
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Nov 5, 2005
11:15 am

Lately, a message has been posted on the forum of the site www.juliusevola.it by a former student of Piero di Vona, one of the foremost experts on Evola's...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Nov 6, 2005
1:01 pm

Alas, Gregor does provide references to some of his less flattering descriptions. The ‘hysterical fanatic’ slur has two footnotes relating to it – ...
Savitar Devi
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Nov 7, 2005
9:33 am

Gregor didn't write "Montini recognized Evola as just that kind of anticlerical "hysterical fanatic" who could best serve his purpose...", but "Mussolini...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Nov 7, 2005
11:52 am

But if Evola was universally viewed as a mere pipsqueak, how could he have either put the mighty Vatican on the defensive, or deceived the multitudinous Nazi...
Rowan Berkeley
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Nov 5, 2005
12:51 pm

In the most recent edition of 'Imperialismo pagano' (Edizioni Mediterranee, 2004), De Turris quotes a few excerpts from a text by Yvon de Bergnac called...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Nov 5, 2005
1:55 pm

... Post-modern smugness!...
Pluto Gordon
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Nov 5, 2005
8:13 pm

Note that Mussolini, talking of Evola, call him "il professor Julius Evola". Knowing the aversion of Evola for the academical titles and for the intellectuals...
vandermok
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Nov 7, 2005
12:59 pm

Before we get too subtle here, note that Mussolini was a former primary school teacher. ... Evola". Knowing the aversion of Evola for the academical titles and...
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1:12 pm

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