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These essays, originally written by Evola during the 1930s and '40s, deal with war from a spiritual and heroic perspective. Evola selects specific examples from the Nordic, Vedic, Roman, Persian, Islamic and other traditions to demonstrate how traditionalists can prepare themselves to experience war in a way that will allow them to overcome the limited possibilities offered by our materialistic and degraded age, thereby transcending the Age of Kali and entering the world of heroism by achieving a higher state of consciousness, which Evola depicts as an effective realisation of the ultimate purpose of life.
His call to action, however, is not that of today's armies, which ask nothing more of their soldiers than to become mercenaries in the temporary employ of a decadent class. Still less is it a call to misdirected or nihilistic violence. Rather, Evola presents the warrior as one who lives an integrated and purposeful way of life - one who adopts a specifically Aryan view of the world in which the political aims of a war are not its ultimate justification, but rather war is seen as merely a means through which the warrior finds his calling to a higher and more complete form of existence beyond the political, and in accordance with the teachings of the great spiritual texts. More importantly, he shows how the ideal of the warrior extends beyond the battlefield into other aspects of traditional living, even in times of peace.
His call to action, however, is not that of today's armies, which ask nothing more of their soldiers than to become mercenaries in the temporary employ of a decadent class. Still less is it a call to misdirected or nihilistic violence. Rather, Evola presents the warrior as one who lives an integrated and purposeful way of life - one who adopts a specifically Aryan view of the world in which the political aims of a war are not its ultimate justification, but rather war is seen as merely a means through which the warrior finds his calling to a higher and more complete form of existence beyond the political, and in accordance with the teachings of the great spiritual texts. More importantly, he shows how the ideal of the warrior extends beyond the battlefield into other aspects of traditional living, even in times of peace.
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| Author | Julius Evola |
|---|---|
| Full Title | Metaphysics of War: Battle, Victory and Death in the World of Tradition |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Publisher | Arktos |
| Pages | 150 |
| ISBN | 978-1-907166-36-5 |
| Language | English |
| Short Description | This is the third, thoroughly revised, edition of a collection of essays that Julius Evola originally wrote for Italian periodicals during the 1930s and '40s, having to do with the transcendental aspects of combat. It represents the development of Evola's thinking on war during the period of the Second World War and its aftermath. This latest edition has been re-edited for greater clarity, footnotes have been added and expanded upon, and certain issues concerning the layout of the book have been fixed. |
| Table of Contents | Introduction 1. The Forms of Warlike Heroism 2. The Sacrality of War 3. The Meaning of the Crusades 4. The Greater War and the Lesser War 5. The Metaphysics of War 6. ‘Army’ as Vision of the World 7. Race and War 8. Two Heroisms 9. Race and War: The Aryan Conception of Combat 10. Soul and Race of War 11. The Aryan Doctrine of Combat and Victory 12. The Meaning of the Warrior Element for the New Europe 13. Varieties of Heroism 14. The Roman Conception of Victory 15. Liberations 16. The Decline of Heroism Index |
| About the Author | Julius Evola (1898-1974) was an Italian traditionalist, metaphysician and political philosopher. He remains a leading authority on the world's esoteric traditions and one of the greatest critics of modernity. He wrote extensively on the ancient civilisations and beliefs of both East and West and the world of Tradition. His principal works include Revolt Against the Modern World, The Path of Cinnabar (also published by Arktos), The Hermetic Tradition and The Yoga of Power. |
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