A world after liberalism : five thinkers who inspired the radical right / Matthew Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Matthew (Scholar of religion), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--Philosophy.

Conservatism.

Conservatism--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In this eye-opening book, Matthew Rose introduces us to one of the most controversial intellectual movements of the twentieth century, the 'radical right,' and discusses its adherents' different attempts to imagine political societies after the death or decline of liberalism. Questioning democracy's most basic norms and practices, these critics rejected ideas about human equality, minority rights, religious toleration, and cultural pluralism not out of implicit biases, but out of explicit principle. They disagree profoundly on race, religion, economics, and political strategy, but they all agree that a postliberal political life will soon be possible. Focusing on the work of Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, Francis Parker Yockey, Alain de Benoist, and Samuel Francis, Rose shows how such thinkers are animated by religious aspirations and anxieties that are ultimately in tension with Christian teachings and the secular values those teachings birthed in modernity."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : after liberalism

The prophet

The fantasist

The anti-Semite

The pagan

The nationalist

The Christian question.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-191) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-26308-2

OCLC:

1255236096