#x98;The#x9C; sunset of tradition and the origin of the Great War

From a Traditionalist perspective, the cultural history of the Modern Era amounts to the genesis of the Dark Age. The Traditionalist meta-historical narrative deconstructs the modernist myth of “historic progress” as an anti-intellectual superstition. It exposes the quintessential features of Modernity – namely, secular nihilism, historical materialism, socio-political egalitarianism, and collective narcissism – as structural inversions of Traditional values. The historic accumulation of these inversions set the stage for a final showdown between Tradition and Modernity. In terms of ancient prophecy and Traditionalist philosophy, the Great War represents the apocalyptic sunset of the world of Tradition. This work follows the forgotten path of the philosophia perennis to trace the historic onset of the Dark Age. It clears away a century-deep deposit of “progressive” illusions and “politically-correct” axioms. The restored road of Traditional thought will lead a new generation of scholars to their rightful inheritance: an intellectual tabula rasa on which history can be written anew. Contents List of Tables Preface “Childhood’s End” The Dismal Science The Second Persona Acknowledgements Introduction Aim Organization Caveat Lector Chapter One 1.1. From Tradition to Modernity 1.2. The Dark Age 1.3. Apocalypse Chapter Two 2.1. The Origins of Historical Materialism 2.2. The Premises of Historical Materialism 2.3. The Ideologies of Historical Materialism Chapter Three 3.1. Modernity’s Occultist Origins 3.2. Modernity’s Secret War 3.3. Modernity’s Conspiracies Chapter Four 4.1. From 􀈠􀝧􀈛􀈠􀈞􀈩􀈝􀈠􀈢 to Ecocide 4.2. The Industrial Revolution 4.3. The War against the World Chapter Five 5.1. From Community to Society 5.2. The Regression of the Castes 5.3. The Social Symptoms of Modernity Chapter Six 6.1. The Discovery of the Unconscious: Psychoanalysis 6.2. The Ascendancy of the Unconscious 6.3. The Hegemony of the Unconscious Chapter Seven 7.1. La belle époque 7.2. L’art pour l’art 7.3. Fin-de-siècle Chapter Eight 8.1. The Decline of Nomos & Katechon 8.2. The Rise of Democracy 8.3. The Rise of Nationalism Chapter Nine 9.1. From Imperium to Imperialism 9.2. “The War of the Worlds” 9.3. The High-Water Mark of Modern Imperialism Chapter Ten 10.1. Sacred Chronology 10.2. Profane Chronology 10.3. Time-line of the Twilight Postscript Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Bibliography Epitaphs Notes From a Traditionalist perspective, the cultural history of the Modern Era amounts to the genesis of the Dark Age. The Traditionalist meta-historical narrative deconstructs the modernist myth of "historic progress" as an anti-intellectual superstition. It exposes the quintessential features of Modernity--namely, secular nihilism, historical materialism, socio-political egalitarianism, and collective narcissism--as structural inversions of Traditional values. The historic accumulation of these inversions set the stage for a final showdown between Tradition and Modernity. In terms of ancient prophecy and Traditionalist philosophy, the Great War represents the apocalyptic sunset of the world of Tradition. This work follows the forgotten path of the philosophia perennis to trace the historic onset of the Dark Age. It clears away a century-deep deposit of "progressive" illusions and "politically-correct" axioms. The restored road of Traditional thought will lead a new generation of scholars to their rightful inheritance: an intellectual tabula rasa on which history can be written anew--back cover