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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 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.











Fri Nov 4, 2005 1:26 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
savitar_devi Offline Send Email
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...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Nov 7, 2005
1:12 pm

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