In my last post, I examined René Guénon’s account of the Crisis of the Modern World. I will now examine an interesting response to his account set forth by his student Julius Evola. Whereas Guénon held out some hope for the survival of the West, Evola offers none.[1] Evola believes that the forces of dissolution …
There is little doubt today that the Western world is in crisis. Regardless of where one falls on the political or theological spectrum, one has the sense that our culture is collapsing. Philosophers argue about the intellectual and historical roots of this crisis (e.g. the emergence of nominalism, the enlightenment, capitalism, Marxism, the religious right, …