Book recommendations?

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[–]VarangianRasputin 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I recommend "Stalin: The Enduring Legacy" by Kerry Bolton, which covers the many Third Positionist aspects of Stalin's USSR, and it's pretty funny to whip it out while debating Super Socially-Liberal Marxist-Leninists just to watch them realize that their hero whom they love to insist would have us shot was probably more likely have them killed. Also gives good insight into how Marxist governments usually end up taking Third Positionist stances.

I generally don't recommend Julius Evola, but his "Fascism Viewed From The Right" is pretty good as well.

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I generally don't recommend Julius Evola, but his "Fascism Viewed From The Right" is pretty good as well.

It is interesting you say this, since the perspective taken in that book is based on Evola's general views and the concept of the organic state.

[–]VarangianRasputin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mean, it's one of the few critiques of Fascism that aren't full of bleeding-heart Liberal gibberish or Marxists gaslighting Fascism for Capitalism's misdeeds, so that's something.

Also, considering Evola is kind of hard to understand a lot of the time, having him compared to something we're more familiar with helps. Plus, it helps when people start calling Evola a Fascist so you can just start listing his issues with it.

[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, I was just curious why you are recommending this specific book when you do not typically recommend Evola, although I think you addressed that too - he can be a hard thinker to grapple with.