Used Book in Good ConditionProduct DescriptionNo idea is as absurd as the idea of progress which together with its corollary notion of the superiority of modern civilization has created its own positive alibis by falsifying history by insinuating harmful myths in peoples minds and by proclaiming itself sovereign at the crossroads of the plebeian ideology from which it originated.
In order to understand both the spirit of Tradition and its antithesis modern civilization it is necessary to begin with the fundamental doctrine of the two natures. According to this doctrine there is a physical order of things and a metaphysical one; there is a mortal nature and an immortal one; there is the superior realm of being and the inferior realm of becoming. Generally speaking there is a visible and tangible dimension and prior to and beyond it an invisible and intangible dimension that is the support the source and the true life of the former.
--from chapter one
This present civilization . . . has brought to all strata of society and to all races the following gifts: restlessness dissatisfaction resentment the need to go further and faster and the inability to possess ones life in simplicity independence and balance. Modern civilization has pushed man onward; it has generated in him the need for an increasingly greater number of things; it has made him more and more insufficient to himself and powerless.
--from chapter thirtyfive
Even though it may be destined to disappear modern civilization is certainly not the first to become extinct nor is it the one after which none will follow. In the life of what is conditioned by space and time lights are continually being put out and kindled again; cycles end and new ones begin. As I have said the doctrine of the cycles was known to traditional man and only the ignorance of modern man has induced him to believe that his civilization which is characterized by the deepest roots in the temporal and contingent element will enjoy a different and privileged fate.
--from the conclusion
With unflinching gaze and uncompromising intensity Julius Evola analyzes the spiritual and cultural malaise at the heart of Western civilization and all that passes for progress in the modern world. As a gadfly?? Evola spares no one and nothing in his survey of what we have lost and where we are headed. At turns prophetic and provocative?? Revolt against the Modern World outlines a profound metaphysics of history and demonstrates how and why we have lost contact with the transcendent dimension of being.
The revolt advocated by Evola does not resemble the familiar protests of either liberals or conservatives. His criticisms are not limited to exposing the mindless nature of consumerism?? the march of progress?? the rise of technocracy?? or the dominance of unalloyed individualism?? alth