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Bezig met laden... A world after liberalism : philosophers of the radical right (editie 2021)door Matthew Rose
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"In this eye-opening book, Matthew Rose introduces us to one of the most controversial intellectual movements of the twentieth century, the 'radical right,' and discusses its adherents' different attempts to imagine political societies after the death or decline of liberalism. Questioning democracy's most basic norms and practices, these critics rejected ideas about human equality, minority rights, religious toleration, and cultural pluralism not out of implicit biases, but out of explicit principle. They disagree profoundly on race, religion, economics, and political strategy, but they all agree that a postliberal political life will soon be possible. Focusing on the work of Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, Francis Parker Yockey, Alain de Benoist, and Samuel Francis, Rose shows how such thinkers are animated by religious aspirations and anxieties that are ultimately in tension with Christian teachings and the secular values those teachings birthed in modernity."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Sometimes you find just what you were looking for and for me this was it. A great series of portraits of some key figures in the far right political world from past to present and a sober take on all of them (often in these kinds of books the polemic against their views drowns any actual factual assessment of them). Rose makes sure to keep them from falling into a big slurry of some nebulous far right spectre; in fact it is the diversity bordering on total incoherence that is the theme of this series of snapshots. You have the obvious racists and anti-semites, but also those taking a stance against the concept of race, preferring a culture-centric view. You have an attempt at historical analysis in Spengler, and a mystic view of the destiny of peoples in Evola.
This motley set of ideas and ideals make it hard to pin down any real constants in the far right world. All the thinkers covered have their fans among groups in that sphere but how those intersect and how they manage sometimes completely contradictory views is the real question (though outside the scope of this book). A picture emerges of something closer to the extremist left where you have long standing internecine wars between rival factions and interpretations - except lacking the defined borders and definite answers, the far right is an ideological realm without a spine. More of a handwaving direction of similar themes than clear competing worldviews.
If there's any criticism to be had it's simply in the limits of the scope and selection; are these really the best representatives or sum of the far right ideologues? It's more "some" philosophers of the radical right than "the". How the far right handles the ideological flora was only touched upon. Though with that scope creep it might have been twice as long and not suitable as an introduction. ( )