War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Powerbrokers
by Benjamin R. Teitelbaum
View on GoodreadsTraditionalism, an anti-modern spiritual school rooted in René Guénon and Julius Evola, has had a tiny following for a century. Teitelbaum's case, drawn from interviews somewhere between ethnography and investigative journalism, is that it shapes the thinking of Steve Bannon, Aleksandr Dugin and Olavo de Carvalho, advisers close to Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro.
Core ideas
- History in cycles: Its adherents see history as cyclical, reject liberal democracy and material progress, and want geopolitics reorganized around cultural nationalism and hierarchy.
- Europe in pieces: One Traditionalist view holds that Europe should break into small states, which bears on the ideas behind Brexit.
- A critical read: Kirkus found the account breathless and heavy on conspiracy theory, so how much of the private network is shown rather than suggested?
Published2020
Pages1
ISBN9781094149752
ReadOct 2024
