Occult Imperium

Arturo Reghini, Roman Traditionalism, and the Anti-Modern Reaction in Fascist Italy

AvChristian Giudice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Christian Giudice's Occult Imperium explores Italian national forms of Occultism, chiefly analyzing Arturo Reghini (1878-1946), his copious writings, and Roman Traditionalism. Trained as a mathematician at the prestigious University of Pisa, Reghini was one of the three giants of occult and esoteric thought in Italy, alongside his colleagues Julius Evola (1898-1974) and Giulian Kremmerz (1861-1930). Using Reghini's articles, books, and letters, as a guide, Giudice explores the interaction between occultism, Traditionalism, and different facets of modernity in early-twentieth-century Italy. The book takes into consideration many factors particular to the Italian peninsula: the ties with avant-garde movements such as the Florentine Scapigliatura and Futurism, the occult vogues typical to Italy, the rise to power of Benito Mussolini and Fascism, and, lastly, the power of the Holy See over different expressions of spirituality. Occult Imperium explores the convergence of new forms of spirituality in early twentieth-century Italy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-03
Mått:240 x 164 x 26 mm
Vikt:658 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780197610244

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Christian Giudice received his PhD from the University of Gothenburg. His work focuses on the Italian esoteric milieu of the early twentieth century. His other interests include fin de siècle occultism in France, England and Italy, Guénonian Traditionalism, the history of Thelema, and the relationship between occultism and cinema.

Recensioner i media

With this outstanding volume, Christian Giudice is offering us the first academic monograph ever dedicated to Arturo Reghini and his milieu. Erudite, wide-ranging and yet eminently readable, the present study illuminates the cultural and political roots of fin-de-siècle and early twentieth-century Occultism in Italy, up to and including the Fascist era. By retracing Reghini's intricate intellectual and Masonic journeys, Giudice gives us a penetrating analysis of the entanglements of occult spirituality, (neo)pagan Roman Traditionalism and an anti-modern political stance typical of the then cultural avant-garde, in an Italy grappling with the seemingly unstoppable onslaught of modernity, nationalism, and war.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: The Anti-Modern Side of Modernity Chapter 2: Risorgimento Italy: Occultism, Politics, the Rise of the Nation State, and Roman Traditionalism Chapter 3: The Early Years (1898-1910): Avantgarde, Theosophy, and Anti-Modernism Chapter 4: The Schola Italica and the Rito Filosofico Italiano (1910-1914): Initiation and Invention of Tradition in Modern Italy Chapter 5: The Great War and 'Pagan Imperialism' (1915-1920): A Clash Between the Modern and the Traditional Chapter 6: Fascism and Traditionalism: Modernity and Anti-Modernity (1920-1925) Chapter 7: The UR Group and the End of a Dream (1923-1929) Chapter 8: Silentium Post Clamores (1930-1946) Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks Appendix: 'Imperialismo Pagano': English Translation Bibliography Index