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In August of 1999, I started an eight-week lecture course called “What Socrates Knew: Plato on Art, Wisdom, and Happiness.” Read more …

Published: May 15, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged ethics, Greg Johnson, living well, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, self-actualization, Socrates | 1 Response

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The Dark Knight

Trevor Lynch

3,987 mots

English original here

Dans ma critique du Batman Begins de Christopher Nolan, j’ai affirmé que le film génère un conflit spectaculaire autour des enjeux les plus élevés qui soient : la destruction du monde moderne (symbolisé par Gotham City) par la “Ligue des Ombres” Traditionaliste contre sa préservation et son amélioration “progressive” par Batman.

Published: April 30, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged artistocracy, Batman, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, death, egalitarianism, ethics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Heath Ledger, humanism, in French, in translation, Martin Heidegger, modernity, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, The Dark Knight, the Joker, Traditionalism, Trevor Lynch | Comments closed

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Pulp Fascism

Jonathan Bowden

9,838 words

Editor’s Note:

The following text is a transcription by V. S. of a lecture entitled “Léon Degrelle and the Real Tintin,” delivered at the 21st meeting of the New Right, London, June 13, 2009. The lecture can be viewed on YouTube here. (Please post any corrections as comments below.)

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Postmodernism, Hedonism, & Death

Greg Johnson

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Hieronymus Bosch, “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” right panel, detail

1,152 words

“Postmodernism” is one of those academically fashionable weasel words like “paradigm” that have now seeped into middlebrow and even lowbrow discourse. Those of us who have fundamental and principled critiques of modernity quickly learned that postmodernism is not nearly postmodern enough. Read more …

Published: March 14, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, culture, death, G. W. F. Hegel, Greg Johnson, hedonism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, postmodernism | Comments closed

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Youth Without Youth

Trevor Lynch

2,179 words

Youth Without Youth (2007) is Francis Ford Coppola’s stunning film adaptation of a novella of the same name by Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), the Romanian scholar of comparative religion and Iron Guard sympathizer. I highly recommend this beautiful, mysterious, endlessly captivating movie. In style, it is classic; in substance, it is eternal.

Published: March 12, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Faust, Francis Ford Coppola, Mircea Eliade, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, reincarnation, the Iron Guard, transhumanism, Trevor Lynch, Youth Without Youth | Comments closed

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La réalité du Mal

Jef Costello

Arno Breker sculptures in 1945

1,950 words

English original here

Je suppose que je suis un enfant de 45 ans. Quand vous êtes petit, vous pensez que tous les adultes sont bons et ont vos intérêts à cœur. Read more …

Published: January 26, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Ayn Rand, Ellsworth Toohey, ethics, evil, in French, in translation, Jef Costello, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, The Fountainhead | Comments closed

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Plato on Courage:
An Introduction to the Laches

Greg Johnson

71:41 / 198 words

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The following lecture is an introductory treatment of Plato’s dialogue Laches. It was given on December 20, 2000, to a circle of friends and students in Atlanta. Read more …

Published: January 24, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, courage, ethics, Greg Johnson, Laches, manliness, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Sigmund Freud, Socrates, thumos, warrior ethics, wisdom | Comments closed

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The Relevance of Philosophy to Political Change

Greg Johnson

3,523 words

The title of this essay is somewhat misleading, since I am going to argue that philosophy is relevant to all human endeavors, not just politics.[1] Philosophy is not just metapolitical, but meta-everything.[2] But I know you are interested in political change, so that was my hook to get you reading. Furthermore, I will argue that philosophy is more than just relevant to life, but of paramount importance.

Published: December 27, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, political philosophy, Socrates, Stoicism, wisdom | Comments closed

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Politicized Science vs. Scientific Politics

Alex Kurtagić

Gabriel von Max, “The Vivisectionist,” 1883, detail

2,731 words

It may seem ironic for those who are said to have “far Right views,” but perhaps one of the biggest obstacles in the struggle for the West is the far Right’s obsession with the scientific understanding of human races. It is not so much that scientific knowledge about race is irrelevant to our political purpose (which is the struggle for the West), but, rather, that this science is thought to possess a political utility it does not and will never have.

Published: December 17, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Kurtagic, articles, biological race differences, egalitarianism, ethics, liberalism, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political philosophy, rhetoric, science, social psychology, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Why All that Theory?

Alex Kurtagić

Plato and Aristotle from Raphael’s “The School of Athens”

4,336 words

There are those who wonder what the point is in discussing abstract theory while we are losing control over our society, in concrete and measurable ways, on multiple fronts, on a daily basis. For them abstract theory is just words, futile and devoid of meaning because their effect cannot be quantified, because their abundance is disproportionate to their physical effects, and because what ultimately counts for them is what transpires in empirical reality.

Published: December 6, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Kurtagic, articles, egalitarianism, ethics, liberalism, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political philosophy, white dispossession, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman Movies:
Weaponizing Traditionalism, Transvaluing Values

Trevor Lynch

Christopher Nolan

4,936 words

Editor’s Note:

Unless you’re living in Tora Bora, you probably know that Christopher Nolan’s third Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, is coming out this week. Read more …

Published: July 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged artistocracy, Batman, Batman Begins, Batman Begins review, Batman movie review, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cyclical history, death, egalitarianism, ethics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Guillermo del Toro, Heath Ledger, Hellboy, Hellboy II, humanism, Julius Evola, Lynch Dark Knight, Martin Heidegger, Miguel Serrano, modernity, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, Rene Guénon, Savitri Devi, superheroes, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight review, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Rises review, the Joker, the League of Shadows, Traditionalism, Trevor Lynch | Comments closed

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Masculinity & Master Morality

Jack Donovan

Michelangelo, Study for Adam, 1510-1511

1,731 words

In a Scientific American article titled “When Men Are Less Moral Than Women,” psychology professor Cindi May recently claimed that men were more likely to “cut ethical corners” when they felt their masculinity was at stake. Read more …

Published: June 26, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, biological sex differences, feminism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Human Biodiversity, Jack Donovan, manliness, North American New Right, reprints | Comments closed

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Human Rights between Ideology & Politics:
Alain de Benoist’s Beyond Human Rights

F. Roger Devlin

2,055 words

Alain de Benoist
Beyond Human Rights: Defending Freedoms
London: Arktos Media, 2011

The work under review is the third by French philosopher Alain de Benoist to be translated into English, and the second translation to be published by Arktos Media. Like its predecessor The Problem of Democracy, it is a short, dense book written to challenge the authority of one of the most pompous god-terms of our age.

Published: April 11, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged about Benoist, Alain de Benoist, Beyond Human Rights, book reviews, Christianity, ethics, European New Right, F. Roger Devlin, French New Right, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political philosophy, rights | Comments closed

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Be Yourself?

Greg Johnson

1,739 words

Andy Nowicki’s Counter-Currents article “In Defense of ‘Squares’” has prompted a reply from Ferdinand Bardamu, “Can You See the Real Me?” Both articles raise important questions about identity in connection with the “game” or “PUA” (pickup artist) phenomenon.

Published: April 3, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Andy Nowicki, Aristotle, articles, authenticity, ethics, Ferdinand Bardamu, game, Greg Johnson, narcissism, North American New Right, originals, sociopathy | Comments closed

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Podcast no. 10
Interview with Jack Donovan

Jack Donovan

53 minutes/8,260 words

Published: April 1, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, Aristotle, Counter-Currents Radio, emasculation, ethics, feminism, G. W. F. Hegel, gangs, interviews, Jack Donovan, John Hagedorn, John Robb, manliness, modernity, podcasts, post-collapse scenarios, resilient communities, the Männerbund, The Way of Men | Comments closed

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A White Guide to the Jewish Narrative

Tanstaafl

1,187 words

jewish morality

To most Whites morality is an entirely universalist notion. This means that, with some exceptions, if something is right or wrong then it is assumed to be right or wrong for everyone, everywhere, all the time. This notion of morality is reflected in Christian ethics as The Golden Rule. Universalist morality is one of the tenets of Western-style liberalism. Read more …

Published: February 15, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, immigration, North American New Right, reprints, Tanstaafl, the holocaust, the Jewish question | Comments closed

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The Self-Exterminating Jew:
Gilad Atzmon’s The Wandering Who?

Greg Johnson

3,425 words

Gilad Atzmon
The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics
Washington, D.C.: Zer0 Books, 2011

Gilad Atzmon (born 1963), is an author I have followed for years without even trying, thanks to the efforts of helpful anti-Semitic spammers who make sure that I receive at least five links to every new Atzmon piece. Read more …

Published: October 7, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, ethics, Frank Salter, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilad Atzmon, Greg Johnson, Israel, Israel Shahak, Israel Shamir, Kevin MacDonald, Matt Parrott, Michael Polignano, Norman Finkelstein, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, righteous Jews, the Jewish question, The Wandering Who?, universalism, Yoav Shamir, Zionism | Comments closed

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Toward a North American New Right

Greg Johnson

Grant Wood, "Spring in the Country," 1930

2,885 words

Author’s Note:

This is the Editor’s Preface to North American New Right, vol. 1, which will be published in June 2012. I wish to thank F. Roger Devlin, Derek Hawthorne, and Matthew Peters for their helpful comments. Read more …

Published: September 30, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Antonio Gramsci, art, articles, Augustin Cochin, biological race differences, Counter-Currents, ethics, European New Right, French New Right, Greg Johnson, Guillaume Faye, history, literature, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, racialism, the Jewish question, Traditionalism, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Animal Justice?

Greg Johnson

1,181 words

During a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, I followed coverage of an incident in which a grizzly bear killed a bear hunter on the Idaho-Montana border on September 18. Read more …

Published: September 22, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged animals, articles, Christianity, deep ecology, ecology, environmentalism, ethics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, hunting, justice, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Victor Hugo | Comments closed

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The Reality of Evil

Jef Costello

Arno Breker sculptures in 1945

1,770 words

French translation here

I suppose I am a 45-year-old child. When you’re small, you think that all adults are good and have your best interests at heart. This innocence is one of the things that make children lovable. Read more …