RE: [evola_as_he_is] Elements of Racial Education -- Chap 4
One has to wonder whether it even makes
sense to continue to apply the word “racism” to Evola’s
position.
In contemporary usage, “racism”
has become the worse of the deadly sins. It is the arbitrary and irrational
prejudice in favor of the members of one race or against some other race. In
this sense it refers to no reality, either biological or metaphysical, and so
is absurd.
Evola opposes the uneasy conjunction of a
merely biological understanding or race with an almost theological notion of
racial predestination.
As we have seen in this chapter, “race”
does not belong to the individual simply as a biological entity, but only to
the “aristocratic” type able to develop his full racial
consciousness. And, as the linked paper points out, there is an important
distinction: “whether spirit gives form to race, or race to spirit”.
Furthermore, Evola is opposed to any
notion of predestination (which he calls a protestant idea), since he denies
any determination in racial consciousness – it can “be preserved, …
developed, and really bear fruit, just as it can be squandered and destroyed.”
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Elements of Racial Education -- Chap 4
As
there are no wasted words in Evola’s writings, it can be difficult to
summarize this work. Therefore, I am simply trying to make it clear that I am
picking out the main points of the essay and not adding in my own opinions.
In the
past, I’ve indicated that I would not “accuse” Evola of
originality. However, as this essay lacks footnotes, it is impossible to me to
trace the sources of these teachings. Furthermore, as you point out, Evola is
no robot, since he contrasts the traditional teachings to modern trends such as
Lamarckianism and Marxism, ideologies unheard of in the traditional texts.
I am
still not without hope that these summaries will provoke an interest and
discussion of ‘The Elements …’. If that happens, it may be
appropriate to write in a more personal style.
As there are no wasted words in Evola's writings, it can be difficult to summarize this work. Therefore, I am simply trying to make it clear that I am picking...
One has to wonder whether it even makes sense to continue to apply the word "racism" to Evola's position. In contemporary usage, "racism" has become the worse...
Tony says "One has to wonder whether it even makes sense to continue to apply the word "racism" to Evola's position." -- I agree, and have always argued...
Hello, Would it make sense to stop applying to a given author's position the word precisely chosen by him to define his position? Of course, it wouldn't. Now,...
Hello, Alternative voices for racism would show we do not believe in the race any more. All the rest is pure diplomacy, if not cowardice. Hitler and Mussolini...
Obviously, it was a rhetorical suggestion, not necessarily to be taken literally. Presumably, the point of writing books - and even personal discussions - is...
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In this chapter, "The Problem of Spiritual Races", we reach the core of Evola's project. As previously mentioned, race manifests itself not only in body and...
This chapter holds the key to everything Evola. It is clear that he opposes the Enlightenment ideal that reason and the empirical sciences will create a body...
After scrutinizing the multitude of previous posts on this list, I feel (suprarationally) that I am now reasonably up to date with the progression through the...
Evola refers to the traditional distinction between soul and spirit in countless occasions, and explains it, from 'Revolt against the Modern World' to 'The...
This is why it is helpful to have the text ready at hand, rather than to rely on a summary. The race of the soul is "connected to life", that is, the "quality...
Everybody knows the hermetic transposition of body, soul and spirit was sulphur-salt-mercury, while in the Olympian hierarchy are the three divine brothers,...
The title of Chapter 12 is "Races and Origins" in which Evola points out the importance of the study of origins and prehistory. But first, he must dispose of...
I do not know how much reliable, but here is an evolian solstice thought on 'ex oriente lux': S. H. Nasr refers that when he met Evola in Rome and asked about...
Evola certainly did not show the leniency you are displaying towards the current Italian people, since he added that post-war Italy had become the kingdom of...
I thank the owner to quote the Evola's reference to pizza and gondolas: now I feel more at home here, but my intention was only to point out the uselessness of...
In several places, Evola explains what he means by "seeing", or direct intuitive knowledge of reality. He opposes this type of knowing to its alternatives: the...
In Hinduism the term for this type of 'sight' (applicable only in a metaphorical sense and not a direct epistemological one) is Darsana. This is the type of...
In this chapter entitled "Nordic-Western Migrations", Evola introduces a fundamental theme of his doctrine of race, viz., that the primordial origin of the...
Evola clarifies "the Problem of "Latinity" in this chapter. He takes pains to dispel the idea of "Latinity" as applied to Italy at that time. The Latin myth is...
Chapter 15 is entitled "Race, Romanity and Italian History". Here, Evola enunciates the principle that "in order to progress form racial theory to practice,...