Tag Archives: Alain de Benoist

Spiritual Authority & Temporal Power

Jacques-Louis David, “The Coronation of Napoleon,” 1907, detail

8,635 words

Translated by Jon Graham

Three authors considered as outstanding representatives of “traditionalist thought” turned their attention to the same doctrinal question. Read more …

Published: November 15, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Ananda Coomaraswamy, Georges Dumézil, Indo-Europeans, Julius Evola, Louis Dumont, monarchy, North American New Right, philosophy, political philosophy, religion, Rene Guénon, reprints, Traditionalism, translations, tripartition | Comments closed

Georges Sorel

Georges Eugène Sorel (November 2, 1847 in Cherbourg–August 29, 1922 in Boulogne-sur-Seine)

2,012 words

Editor’s Note:

In commemoration of the birth of Georges Sorel on November 2, 1847, we are publishing this anonymous translation of Alain de Benoist’s tribute.

Published: November 2, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Communism, fascism, Georges Sorel, myth, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political philosophy, syndicalism, translations, violence | Comments closed

The Stark Truth
Robert Stark Interviews Siryako Akda

Counter-Currents Radio

48:26 / 137 words

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Published: October 13, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged anti-globalization, colonialism, Counter-Currents Radio, podcasts, Robert Stark, Siryako Akda, The Stark Truth | Comments closed

Video of the Day
Alexander Dugin, “The Eurasian Project & The Fourth Political Theory: Toward a Multi-Polar World”

Video of the Day

time: 1:48:25 / 21 words

Published: September 27, 2012 | Posted in video of the day | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, Communism, European New Right, fascism, globalism, globalization, liberalism, Mark Sleboda, Marxism, National Socialism, political philosophy, The Fourth Political Theory, video of the day, videos | Comments closed

Si vous êtes favorable à l’hégémonie libérale globale, vous êtes l’Adversaire

3,375 words

English original here

En février 2012, le professeur Douguine s’est rendu à New Delhi en Inde afin d’assister au 40ème Congrès Mondial de l’Institut International de Sociologie dont le thème était “Après l’hégémonie occidentale : les sciences sociales et leur public”. En marge de la conférence, le Pr Dougine a aimablement pris le temps de répondre aux quelques questions des représentants d’Arktos. Read more …

Published: September 2, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, Christianity, Daniel Friberg, Eurasianism, European New Right, Gaddafi, globalization, in French, in translation, interviews, Islam, John Morgan, Julius Evola, Muammar el-Qaddafi, North American New Right, Qaddafi, reprints, Traditionalism, Vladimir Putin | Comments closed

Alexandr Dugin: Pokud jste globalista, jste naším nepřítelem

2,710 words

English original here

V únoru 2012 navštívil Alexandr Dugin Nové Dillí, kde se zúčastnil 40. světového kongresu Mezinárodního sociologického institutu, jehož hlavním tématem bylo “Konec hegemonie Západu z pohledu společenských věd”. Profesor Duginbyl tak laskav a odpověděl na otázky zástupců nakladatelství Arktos, kteří se rovněž kongresu zúčastnili.

Published: August 5, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, Alexandr Dugin, Christianity, Daniel Friberg, Eurasianism, European New Right, Gaddafi, globalization, in Czech, in translation, interviews, Islam, John Morgan, Julius Evola, Muammar el-Qaddafi, North American New Right, Qaddafi, reprints, Traditionalism, Vladimir Putin | Comments closed

Aleksandr Dugin: Ponowoczesność to ziejąca otchłań

2,440 words

English original here

Od Redakcji:

Przedstawiamy tłumaczenie wywiadu z prof. Aleksandrem Duginem przeprowadzonego w lutym przez Daniel Friberga i Johna B. Morgana z wydawnictwa Arktos nakładem którego ukazało się niedawno angielskie tłumaczenie książki prof. Dugina pt. Czwarta teoria polityczna. Tytuł pochodzi od Redakcji Xportalu.

Published: August 3, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, Christianity, Daniel Friberg, Eurasianism, European New Right, Gaddafi, globalization, in Polish, in translation, interviews, Islam, John Morgan, Julius Evola, Muammar el-Qaddafi, North American New Right, Qaddafi, reprints, Traditionalism, Vladimir Putin | Comments closed

Interview with Alexander Dugin

3,215 words

Translations: Czech, French, Polish

Introduction

In February 2012, Professor Alexander Dugin traveled to New Delhi, India to attend the 40th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, the theme of which was “After Western Hegemony: Social Science and its Publics.” Read more …

Published: July 27, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, Christianity, Daniel Friberg, Eurasianism, European New Right, Gaddafi, Global Revolutionary Alliance, globalization, interviews, Islam, John Morgan, Julius Evola, Muammar el-Qaddafi, North American New Right, originals, Orthodox Christianity, Qaddafi, Russia, Traditionalism, Vladimir Putin | Comments closed

Alain de Benoist’s Vivid Memory
Part 3: The Beginnings of the Nouvelle Droite

F. Roger Devlin

1,468 words

Part 3 of 3

Alain de Benoist
Mémoire vive: entretiens avec François Bousquet
Paris: Éditions de Fallois, 2012

During the years 1966–’67, the movement in which Benoist had been a militant went into its death throes. Read more …

Published: July 25, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, European New Right, F. Roger Devlin, Mémoire vive, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

Paganism Without Swords?

Mark Dyal

Detail from Jacques-Louis David’s “Oath of the Horatii,” 1784

3,600 words

“When swords ran every which way like red-stained snakes, our fathers warmed to life; the sun of all peace seemed limp and lackluster to them, but the long peace caused them shame. How they sighed, our fathers, when they saw gleaming bright, dried up swords on the wall! Like them, they thirsted for war. For a sword wants to drink blood and sparkles with desire.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Read more …

Published: July 24, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ancient Rome, articles, Collin Cleary, craft, Friedrich Nietzsche, knives, manliness, Mark Dyal, North American New Right, originals, paganism, swords, Titus Livy, warrior ethics | Comments closed

Alain de Benoist’s Vivid Memory
Part 2: An Agitated Youth

F. Roger Devlin

1,435 words

Part 2 of 3

Alain de Benoist
Mémoire vive: entretiens avec François Bousquet
Paris: Éditions de Fallois, 2012

When Benoist was a teenager, his father purchased a small country house to the west of Paris. Read more …

Published: July 17, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, European New Right, F. Roger Devlin, Mémoire vive, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

Alain de Benoist’s Vivid Memory
Part 1: A Full Childhood

F. Roger Devlin

1,372 words

Part 1 of 3

Alain de Benoist
Mémoire vive: entretiens avec François Bousquet
Paris: Éditions de Fallois, 2012

The title of Alain de Benoist’s volume of reminiscences is a play on words: literally signifying “vivid memory,” it is also the French equivalent for RAM, or Rapid Access Memory. Read more …

Published: July 10, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, European New Right, F. Roger Devlin, Mémoire vive, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

Critique of Liberal Ideology

Portrait of John Locke, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1697

8,580 words

Translated by Greg Johnson

Translator’s Note:

In “Critique of Liberal Ideology,” Alain de Benoist uses the term “liberalism” in the broad European sense of the term that applies not just to American liberalism but also to American libertarianism and mainstream conservatism, insofar as all three share a common history and common premises. Read more …

Published: May 28, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adam Smith, articles, capitalism, Christianity, F. A. Hayek, individualism, liberalism, Louis Dumont, Marcel Gauchet, North American New Right, political philosophy, reprints, translations | Comments closed

Democracy:
Representative & Participatory

Bust of Pericles bearing the inscription “Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian,” marble, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BC

2,180 words

Translated by Greg Johnson

Representative democracy—essentially liberal and bourgeois—is the most widespread political regime in the Western world today. Read more …

Published: May 24, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, democracy, North American New Right, political philosophy, reprints, translations | Comments closed

A Brief History of the Idea of Progress

John Gast, "Manifest Destiny," 1872

3,641 words

Translated by Greg Johnson

The idea of progress seems one of theoretical presuppositions of modernity. One can even regard it, not without reason, as the real “religion of Western civilization.” Read more …

Published: May 17, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Christianity, North American New Right, philosophy of history, progress., reprints, translations | Comments closed

Nationalism:
Phenomenology & Critique

Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789–1869), "Italia and Germania"

2,087 words

Translated by Greg Johnson

There are probably as many theories of nationalism as there are nationalist theories. It is obviously impossible to give an account of them here. We will not take part in the false quarrel over whether nationalism is a pathological exacerbation of patriotism, Read more …

Published: May 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged nationalism, North American New Right, political philosophy, reprints, translations | Comments closed

Gustave Le Bon

Gustave Le Bon, 1841–1931

1,488 words

Translations: English, German

Gustave Le Bon, Psychologie des foules

“A multidão é sempre intelectualmente inferior ao indivíduo isolado, mas do ponto de vista dos sentimentos e das ações que esses sentimentos provocam, a multidão pode, segundo as circunstâncias, ser melhor ou pior que o indivíduo. Tudo depende da natureza da sugestão à qual a multidão é exposta”.

Published: May 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Gustave Le Bon, in Portuguese, in translation, mass psychology, North American New Right, social psychology | Comments closed

Gustave Le Bon

Gustave Le Bon, 1841–1931

1,713 words

Die englische Übersetzung von Matthew Peters erschien zum Gedenken an Gustave le Bons Geburtstag (7.5.1841) am 7. Mai 2012 auf Counter-Currents. Das französische Original stammt von Alain de Benoist und erschien in Vu de droite: anthologie critique des idées contemporaines (Paris: Le Labyrinthe, 2001 [1977]), pp. 282–284. Ins Deutsche übersetzt von Osimandia.

Published: May 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Gustave Le Bon, in German, in translation, mass psychology, North American New Right, social psychology | Comments closed

Gustave Le Bon