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 from the preface, and follows in the actual book is
considerably worse. To say that the author holds Evola in low esteem
would be a massive understatement.
`Considerable space in the text is devoted to the eccentric
and "suprarational" vagaries of Julius Evola. The reason is that
there are some specialists who seem to think that Evola was
a "major" Fascist intellectual, and that he provided the rationale
for "Ur-fascism" – the belief system that animated Fascism and all
forms of "neofascism" with which scholarship now occupies itself.
The discussion provided below, devoted to the thought of Evola, is
intended to serve as its counterargument. I consider the space well
spent. Conceiving Evola's thought as "fascist" has led many scholars
astray in their efforts to understand what they imagine to be
contemporary "neofascism". Moreover, Evola's notions do document the
impact of Nationalist Socialist thought on the coherence and
fundamental rationality of Fascist doctrine.'
x, preface.
Gregor, A. J., Mussolini's Intellectuals: Fascist Social and
Political Thought (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005).
If anyone is interested in hearing his diatribe on Evola I will type
out some of the more controversial extracts.