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Collin Cleary

Collin Cleary, Ph.D. is an independent scholar living in Sandpoint, Idaho. He is the author of Summoning the Gods: Essays on Paganism in a God-Forsaken World (San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2011). He is one of the founders of TYR: Myth—Culture—Tradition, the first volume of which he co-edited. He is a Master in the Rune-Gild. His essays have appeared in TYR and Rûna.

The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, Part 5
The Decline & Rebirth of the West

Collin Cleary

europebynight4,071 words

Part 5 of 5

Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011  Read more …

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The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, Part 4
The Construction of the Western Self

Collin Cleary
Clemency of Marcus Aurelius, detail, Capitoline Museum

Clemency of Marcus Aurelius, detail, Capitoline Museum

3,381 words

Part 4 of 5

Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011

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The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, Part 3
Hegel & the Struggle for Recognition

Collin Cleary
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G. W. F. Hegel, 1770-1831

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Part 3 of 5

Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011

7. Hegel and the Struggle for Recognition

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Ricardo Duchesne’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, Part 2

Collin Cleary

faustianman3,686 words

Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011

5. What about the East?

The revisionists’ favorite non-Western people seems to be the Chinese.  Read more …

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Ricardo Duchesne’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization

Collin Cleary

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Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011

1. Introduction: A Book for Our Times 

Every few years I discover a book that is truly great. One that forces me to think in new ways about things familiar, teaches me things I never knew, and inspires in me scores of new ideas and insights. Such a book is Ricardo Duchesne’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, Read more …

Published: April 1, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Available Again in Hardcover!
Summoning the Gods:
Essays on Paganism in a God-Forsaken World

Collin Cleary

Edited with an Introduction by Greg Johnson
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2011
220 pages

French description here

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The Ninefold, Part 3

Collin Cleary

3,062 words

Part 3 of 3

What about Midgardhr? Our world lies at the intersection of the four pairs of worlds.[1] It is the place where the opposites meet and blend, and where they are, in a sense, overcome. Read more …

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The Ninefold, Part 2

Collin Cleary

4,216 word

Part 2 of 3

4. Interpretation of the Germanic Cosmology

According to Edred Thorsson, the Germanic cosmology is dyadic: Read more …

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The Ninefold, Part 1

Collin Cleary

4,546 words

Part 1 of 3

1. Introduction

This is the second of two essays on the Germanic cosmology or worldview. Read more …

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The Fourfold

Collin Cleary

5,690 words

1. Introduction

This is the first of two essays dealing with the Germanic cosmology. Read more …

Published: October 19, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Ásatrú & the Political

Collin Cleary

7,521 words

This essay is dedicated to George Hocking.

1. Introduction

Is there a connection between Ásatrú and White Nationalism? Read more …

Published: October 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Somos Livres?

Collin Cleary

Norns by J. L. Lund (1777-1867)

4,683 words

English original here

1. O Problema

Nós temos “livre-arbítrio”? Certamente isso me parece que eu livremente escolho o que eu faço em vida, com respeito a coisas tanto maiores quanto menores. Minha decisão de graduar no colégio, por exemplo, certamente parece ter sido feito livremente, sem nenhuma coerção de outros. Read more …

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The Gifts of Ódhinn & his Brothers

Collin Cleary

Odin Stone, Gotland, Sweden

9,592 words

1. Overview of the Germanic Anthropogeny

What is human nature? This is arguably the most important philosophical question, because philosophy itself is uniquely human, and philosophical “problems” only present themselves to human beings. All the great philosophers have either explicit or implicit answers to this question. Read more …

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Heidegger: Une introduction pour les antimodernistes, Partie 4

Collin Cleary

3,158 words

English original here

10. Heidegger sur le national-socialisme

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Heidegger:
An Introduction for Anti-Modernists, Part 4

Collin Cleary

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Part 4 of 4

French translation here

10. Heidegger on National Socialism

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Heidegger:
An Introduction for Anti-Modernists, Part 3

Collin Cleary

2,707 words

Part 3 of 4

8. The Question of the Essence of Being

Heidegger concludes his etymological investigations by saying that they have clearly shown that the originary sense of Being has been occluded. For us, Being has become an empty word. Read more …

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Heidegger:
An Introduction for Anti-Modernists, Part 2

Collin Cleary

2,563 words

Part 2 of 4

6. Modernity and the Oblivion of Being

Heidegger describes this “oblivion of being” as “the spiritual fate of the West” and offers the following striking description of our present predicament:

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Heidegger:
An Introduction for Anti-Modernists, Part 1

Collin Cleary

Martin Heidegger

3,208 words

Part 1 of 4

1. What is Metaphysics?

The term “metaphysics” has been appropriated in recent years to function as a synonym for “new age” or “occult.” Read more …

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Are We Free?

Collin Cleary

Norns by J. L. Lund (1777-1867)

4,748 words

Portuguese translation here

1. The Problem

Do we have “free will”? It certainly seems to me that I freely choose what I do in life, with respect to things both major and minor. My decision to go to graduate school, for example, certainly seems to have been one that I made freely, without anyone or anything coercing me. Read more …

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Qu’est-ce qu’une Rune ?

Collin Cleary

Pierre runique et tumulus vikings à Anundshog

4,313 words

English original here

Note de l’auteur :

Cet essai fut présenté à la récente réunion de la Rune-Gild à Bastrop au Texas. Read more …

Published: February 28, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

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