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Tradition & Revolution: Collected Writings of Troy Southgate
This book is a collection of writings by New Right thinker and activist, Troy Southgate. It was first published in November 2007. This greatly expanded second edition was first released in April 2010.
CONTENTS
Publisher's Foreword
Dedication & Acknowledgements
Introduction by John Morgan
LESSONS FROM HISTORY
Chapter One-King Alfred the The Intellectual and Military Achievemetns of England’s First Political Soldier
Chapter Two-Robert Welsh Radical and Co-operative Power
Chapter Three-The Fischer Examining the Foundations of the First World War
Chapter Four-What Was So Distinctive About the Russian Bolshevik Party?
Chapter Five-For or Against? Attitudes Towards Capitalism in German & Italian Fascism
Chapter Six-Revolution vs. Social Nationalism & the Strasser Brothers
Chapter Seven-Blood & Revolutionary Nationalism as the Vanguard of Ecological Sanity
Chapter Eight-Oswald The Rise & Fall of English Fascism Between 1918-1945
Chapter Nine-Was ‘Fascism’ Outside Germany & Italy Anything More Than an Imitation?
Chapter Ten-The Guild of St. Joseph & St. Dominic
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY
Chapter EleveN-Transcending the From Third Position to National-Anarchism
Chapter Twelve-Manifesto of the European Liberation Front, 1999
Chapter Thirteen-The Way of the Ayatollah Khomeini & the Leadership of the Ulema
Chapter Fourteen-Victor The Swindling Survivor
Chapter Fifteen-Revolt Against the The Traditional Woman According To Julius Evola
Chapter Sixteen-Militant A Chapter-by-chapter Summary of Julius Evola’s Men Among The Ruins
ACTIVISM
Chapter Seventeen-From Sacrifice Comes Victory
Chapter Eighteen-The Inevitability of Depopulation
Chapter The Rule of the Elite
Chapter Twenty-The Case for National-Anarchist Entryism
Chapter Twenty-One-Organising for the Collapse
MYTH
Chapter Twenty-Two-The Symbolic & Practical Significance of the Centre
Chapter Twenty-Three-Beachy Head & the Negation of the Solar
INTERVIEWS
Chapter L’Ecole Europa (Romania), 2001
Chapter Kinovar Magazine (Russia), 2004
Chapter Narodni Myslenka (Czech Republic), 2005
Chapter Beast of Prey (Poland), 2005
Chapter Autonom (Norway), 2006
FICTION & POETRY
Chapter Twenty-Nine-The Warrior’s Reward
Chapter Thirty-An Ode to Apathy
Chapter Thirty-One-Diary of Desolation
Chapter Thirty-Two-The Boot on the Other Foot
Chapter Thirty-Three-The End of an Age
CONTENTS
Publisher's Foreword
Dedication & Acknowledgements
Introduction by John Morgan
LESSONS FROM HISTORY
Chapter One-King Alfred the The Intellectual and Military Achievemetns of England’s First Political Soldier
Chapter Two-Robert Welsh Radical and Co-operative Power
Chapter Three-The Fischer Examining the Foundations of the First World War
Chapter Four-What Was So Distinctive About the Russian Bolshevik Party?
Chapter Five-For or Against? Attitudes Towards Capitalism in German & Italian Fascism
Chapter Six-Revolution vs. Social Nationalism & the Strasser Brothers
Chapter Seven-Blood & Revolutionary Nationalism as the Vanguard of Ecological Sanity
Chapter Eight-Oswald The Rise & Fall of English Fascism Between 1918-1945
Chapter Nine-Was ‘Fascism’ Outside Germany & Italy Anything More Than an Imitation?
Chapter Ten-The Guild of St. Joseph & St. Dominic
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY
Chapter EleveN-Transcending the From Third Position to National-Anarchism
Chapter Twelve-Manifesto of the European Liberation Front, 1999
Chapter Thirteen-The Way of the Ayatollah Khomeini & the Leadership of the Ulema
Chapter Fourteen-Victor The Swindling Survivor
Chapter Fifteen-Revolt Against the The Traditional Woman According To Julius Evola
Chapter Sixteen-Militant A Chapter-by-chapter Summary of Julius Evola’s Men Among The Ruins
ACTIVISM
Chapter Seventeen-From Sacrifice Comes Victory
Chapter Eighteen-The Inevitability of Depopulation
Chapter The Rule of the Elite
Chapter Twenty-The Case for National-Anarchist Entryism
Chapter Twenty-One-Organising for the Collapse
MYTH
Chapter Twenty-Two-The Symbolic & Practical Significance of the Centre
Chapter Twenty-Three-Beachy Head & the Negation of the Solar
INTERVIEWS
Chapter L’Ecole Europa (Romania), 2001
Chapter Kinovar Magazine (Russia), 2004
Chapter Narodni Myslenka (Czech Republic), 2005
Chapter Beast of Prey (Poland), 2005
Chapter Autonom (Norway), 2006
FICTION & POETRY
Chapter Twenty-Nine-The Warrior’s Reward
Chapter Thirty-An Ode to Apathy
Chapter Thirty-One-Diary of Desolation
Chapter Thirty-Two-The Boot on the Other Foot
Chapter Thirty-Three-The End of an Age
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First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Troy Southgate
64 books53 followersBritish author, musician and leading National-Anarchist activist and theoretician.
Southgate has been active in diverse British national organizations and is associated with the New Right and third positionism.
Southgate has been active in diverse British national organizations and is associated with the New Right and third positionism.
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October 17, 2013
This massive compilation of essays, poetry and other writings by british
New-Right ideologue and activist Troy Southgate gives a fair amount of
insight into his views. It covers a wide plethora of subjects, ranging
from simple biographical texts to ideological-tactical manifestos. The
highlight is no doubt the lengthy review of Julius Evola's 'Men among the
Ruins', originally published as a series of articles in the online edition
of English Pravda. Southgate has a keen eye when it comes to distiguishing
the essentials in texts, and in the case of Evola's post-war musings it
pays off.
Some texts have a somewhat absurd tone to them - the 'Case for
National-Anarchist Entryism' is certainly realistic on an individual
level, but the notion of an ideological oddity such as 'National
Anarchism' ever to make a claim to political prominence, let alone
political power, seems strange, even silly, to this reviewer.
Regardless of the degree one takes all of Southgate's political theories
and ideas seriously, one can certainly appreciate the broad approach of
this book. In a world where right-wing politics sometimes seem divided
between bland pro-capitalism on the one hand, and Hitler-romanticism on
the other, alternative ideological perspectives are always welcome.
New-Right ideologue and activist Troy Southgate gives a fair amount of
insight into his views. It covers a wide plethora of subjects, ranging
from simple biographical texts to ideological-tactical manifestos. The
highlight is no doubt the lengthy review of Julius Evola's 'Men among the
Ruins', originally published as a series of articles in the online edition
of English Pravda. Southgate has a keen eye when it comes to distiguishing
the essentials in texts, and in the case of Evola's post-war musings it
pays off.
Some texts have a somewhat absurd tone to them - the 'Case for
National-Anarchist Entryism' is certainly realistic on an individual
level, but the notion of an ideological oddity such as 'National
Anarchism' ever to make a claim to political prominence, let alone
political power, seems strange, even silly, to this reviewer.
Regardless of the degree one takes all of Southgate's political theories
and ideas seriously, one can certainly appreciate the broad approach of
this book. In a world where right-wing politics sometimes seem divided
between bland pro-capitalism on the one hand, and Hitler-romanticism on
the other, alternative ideological perspectives are always welcome.
October 17, 2013
This massive compilation of essays, poetry and other writings by british
New-Right ideologue and activist Troy Southgate gives a fair amount of
insight into his views. It covers a wide plethora of subjects, ranging
from simple biographical texts to ideological-tactical manifestos. The
highlight is no doubt the lengthy review of Julius Evola's 'Men among the
Ruins', originally published as a series of articles in the online edition
of English Pravda. Southgate has a keen eye when it comes to distiguishing
the essentials in texts, and in the case of Evola's post-war musings it
pays off.
Some texts have a somewhat absurd tone to them - the 'Case for
National-Anarchist Entryism' is certainly realistic on an individual
level, but the notion of an ideological oddity such as 'National
Anarchism' ever to make a claim to political prominence, let alone
political power, seems strange, even silly, to this reviewer.
Regardless of the degree one takes all of Southgate's political theories
and ideas seriously, one can certainly appreciate the broad approach of
this book. In a world where right-wing politics sometimes seem divided
between bland pro-capitalism on the one hand, and Hitler-romanticism on
the other, alternative ideological perspectives are always welcome.
New-Right ideologue and activist Troy Southgate gives a fair amount of
insight into his views. It covers a wide plethora of subjects, ranging
from simple biographical texts to ideological-tactical manifestos. The
highlight is no doubt the lengthy review of Julius Evola's 'Men among the
Ruins', originally published as a series of articles in the online edition
of English Pravda. Southgate has a keen eye when it comes to distiguishing
the essentials in texts, and in the case of Evola's post-war musings it
pays off.
Some texts have a somewhat absurd tone to them - the 'Case for
National-Anarchist Entryism' is certainly realistic on an individual
level, but the notion of an ideological oddity such as 'National
Anarchism' ever to make a claim to political prominence, let alone
political power, seems strange, even silly, to this reviewer.
Regardless of the degree one takes all of Southgate's political theories
and ideas seriously, one can certainly appreciate the broad approach of
this book. In a world where right-wing politics sometimes seem divided
between bland pro-capitalism on the one hand, and Hitler-romanticism on
the other, alternative ideological perspectives are always welcome.
October 31, 2016
An interesting, idiosyncratic book.
Table of Contents:
-Publisher's Foreword
-Dedication and Acknowledgements
PART I Lessons from History
-Chapter 1 Alfred the Great
-C2 Robert Owen: Welsh Radical & Cooperative Power
-C3 The Fischer Controversy: Examining the Foundations of WWI
-C4 What was so Distinctive about the Russian Bolshevik Party
-C5 For or Against? Attitudes towards Capitalism in German & Italian Fascism
-C6 Revolution v Reaction:Social Nationalism & the Strasser Brothers
-C7 Blood & Soil: Revolutionary Nationalism as the Vanguard of Ecological Sanity
-C8 Oswald Mosley: The Rise & Fall of English Fascism between 1918-45
-C9 Was 'Fascism' outside Germany & Italy anything more than an Imitation?
-C10 The guild of St Joseph and St Dominic
PART II: Contemporary Political Theory
-C11 Transcending the Beyond: From Third Position to National-Anarchism
-C12 Manifesto of the European Liberation Front, 1999
-C13 The Way of the Fanatic: Ayatollah Khomeini & the Leadership of the Ulema
-C14 Revolt Against the Feminists: The Traditional Woman according to Julius Evola
-C15 militant Imperium: Chapter by Chapter summary of Evola's Men Among the Ruins
PART III: Activism
-C16 From Sacrifice Comes Victory
-C17 The Inevitability of Depopulation
-C18 Meritocracy: The Rule of the Elite
-C19 The Case for National-Anarchist Entryism
-C20 Organising for the Collapse
PART IV: Myth
-C21 Symbolic and Practical Significance of the Centre
-C22 Beachy Head & the Negation of the Solar
PART V: Interviews(given by Troy Southgate on specific subjects to interviewers from various countries)
-C23 Interview: L'Ecole Europa (Romania)
-C24 Interview: Kinovar Magazine (Russia)
-C25 Interview: Narodni Myslenka (Czech Republic)
-C26 Interview: Beast of Prey (Poland)
C27 Interview: Autonom (Norway)
PART VI: Fiction and Poetry
C28-32 The Warrior's Reward...The End of an Age
Troy Southgate describes himself as working class from South London. Like his father he supported the Labour Party. Disillusioned, Southgate junior then joined the National Front, attracted to its working class, socialistic, non-racist (?) stance as he perceived it. A young regional organiser he broke away at the time of the factional splits, moving via Third Position to his current berth – National-Anarchism(NA).
He and NA stand against democracy. They are anti parliamentary (a device seen by him and them to be merely of and for the Establishment). He says he is neither of the Left or Right but it is hard not to put him in the latter pigeon hole. Southgate and the NA are, despite having 'national' on the label, opposed to national boundaries, preferring racial communities, rural rather than urban.
We can see the influences upon him in the first part of the book – Alfred the Great, Robert Owen, Otto Strasser, Walther Darre, aGerman ecologist ditched by Hitler when no longer of use to him, Corneliu Codreanu and his Roumanian Legionary Movement (Iron Guard) and to a lesser extent, Evola; also Hillaire Beloc and G.K. Chesterton.
I warmed to the first part of his book – his chapters on Alfred et al and found them readable and interesting. He writes well. His summary of Evola's Men Among the Ruins, I found virtually unreadable though.
The interviews gave him a platform from which to air his beliefs, particularly his opposition to liberalisation and racial diffusion which he sees as corrosive (he has educated his 4 children at home, rather than exposing them to these dangers within the state system) and sexual deviancy which would be outlawed within the rural communities he favours, if I understand him correctly.
Interesting, but not convinced...
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