Revolution and Reaction: First Gleanings from Augusto del Noce

I have been working my way through Augusto del Noce's "The Crisis of Modernity." Some thoughts on the two post Nietzschean paths: Fascism and Marxism.

A year after obtaining Carlo Lancellotti’s recent translations of the writings of Augusto del Noce from my son as a gift for Christmas 2021, I am finally deep diving and making headway with The Crisis of Modernity. I have been reading it off and on in large part because most of the books I read come to me via the library system. That means deadlines. Books which have to be read on deadline always take precedent over those which can wait because you actually own a copy. With all my library books returned, some extra time on my hand due to closing my Twitter account, it was time to make some real progress with del Noce. I will probably have to re-read this volume to fully ingest it before some more fulsome writing on it, but early returns confirm that he is an important author who should be read more widely, but likely won’t be because he is a difficult read. It takes a while to get oriented to his unique way of thinking, but there are many, many gems once you do. For instance, he could…