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Where to start?
I am planing on reading men among the ruins

>> No.16921535

>>16921502
That depends. What part of Evola's work are you most interested in? His work on spiritual traditions? Esotericism? Political analysis? The Traditionalist worldview? I think his essays are really comfy, but they don't really get to the heart of the matter so a lot of other trads disagree with me when I recommend The Bow and the Club or Recognitions as good intros.

>> No.16921537

>>16921502
Dude evola is a meme don't waste your time.

>> No.16921565

>>16921537
>"Dude X is a meme don't waste your time"
High IQ discourse.

>> No.16922186
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>>16921565
But what if he read all the books, articles and essays and studied all the research surrounding him. What if that anon is literally Christian Kopff himself who wants to help OP save some time.

Anyways i am wasting my time too with memes. I have just read one of the Arktos books its called A Traditionalist confronts Fascism. I bought this collection of essays because it starts with Orientamenti. This essay really often gets mentioned as the first point of contact one should make with Evola. The other essays are interesting too you get to know about what italian/balkan/southern european fascism is and his thought on the 3rd Reich. Very interesting. I also really like the quality of the print. I got myself a second Arktos volume one which is a big thicker its called Recognitions.

>> No.16922243

>>16921502
I'd recommend the Recognitions if you're starting out. It was the last book Evola wrote and he meant it to serve as an introduction to his work. The book contains 40 essays which span his entire thought ranging from politics to esoterism.

>> No.16922551

>>16922186
Kopff reads and appreciates Evola though.

>> No.16922556

>>16922551
Sorry i meant this ironic.

>> No.16922564

>>16921502
Read Guenon instead

>> No.16922565

>>16922243
I can second this. Path of Cinnabar is also good and so is Revolt as at least sort of back drops. Honestly though Evola was a complex and complicated writer but he wasn’t a systemizer (after his idealist phase anyway). You can start anywhere and put him together piece by piece. I’ve yet to see anyone but 1 person on /lit/ really do him justice.

>> No.16922638

>>16921502
Arte astratta > La parole obscure du paysage intérieur > Saggi sull'idealismo magico

>> No.16922916

>>16921502
Currently reading revolt never having read any of his other books. while dense it’s not hard to follow. Though these ideas aren’t foreign to me

>> No.16922957
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>>16921502
Just read the big 3, unless you really like hermeticism
Revolt -> Ruins -> Tiger

>> No.16923171

>>16922638
These aren’t available in English

>> No.16924124

>>16922186
Kopff is paleo-con though...

>> No.16924989

>>16921502
Cinnibar, Revolt, Eros. Those 3 are the least 'meme' books of his and basically the only I would recommend. Start with cinnibar. The end has interviews with him where he briefly says himself not to take his work too seriously like the spergs that constantly misrepresent his actually valuable ideas which are pretty spread out. He makes this point again in like 1 sentence at the end of Eros. Remember to have fun :^)

>> No.16925038

>>16923171
So? Don't tell me you're monolingual

>> No.16925041

>>16921537
This

>> No.16925311

>>16921537
>>16925038
filtered
>>16925038
I'm not, but I don't speak macaroni either

>> No.16925461

>>16921537
>Dude
hahahaha

>> No.16925824

ride the nigger

>> No.16925920

>>16924124
He translated the content and wrote the foreword for A Traditionalist confronts Fascism.

>> No.16926025

>>16925311
Parole obscure is in French

>> No.16926030

>>16922186
>>16922551
>>16922556
>>16924124
>>16925920
Not too serious a discussion but some anons might like it
https://youtu.be/MyPbxY3cWLU

>> No.16926693

>>16925311
>I don't speak macaroni either
Then immediately kill yourself

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>>16921502
>book about fascism
>everyone will say "but hitler"
>everyone will say "but mussolini"
>everyone is wrong