Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul

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Julius Evola's final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution Presents a powerful criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our modern age Reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely, to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own, and to structure his life in a clear and unambiguous way, no longer exist in the contemporary world. Everything that has come to predominate in the modern world is the direct antithesis of the world of Tradition, in which a society is ruled by principles that transcend the merely human and transitory. Ride the Tiger presents an implacable criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition. Evola identifies the type of human capable of "riding the tiger," who may transform destructive processes into inner liberation. He offers hope for those who wish to reembrace Traditionalism.;Cover Image; Title Page; Table of Contents; Part 1: Orientations; Chapter 1. The Modern World and Traditional Man; Chapter 2. The End of a Cycle-"Ride the Tiger"; Part 2: In the World Where God Is Dead; Chapter 3. European Nihilism-The Dissolution of Morals; Chapter 4. From the Precursors of Nihilism to the "Lost Youth" and the Protest Movement; Chapter 5. Disguises of European Nihilism-The Socioeconomic Myth and the Protest Movement; Chapter 6. Active Nihilism-Nietzsche; Chapter 7. "Being Oneself"; Chapter 8. The Transcendent Dimension-"Life" and "More Than Life." Cover Image Title Page Table of Contents Part 1: Orientations Chapter 1. The Modern World and Traditional Man Chapter 2. The End of a Cycle-"Ride the Tiger" Part 2: In the World Where God Is Dead Chapter 3. European Nihilism-The Dissolution of Morals Chapter 4. From the Precursors of Nihilism to the "Lost Youth" and the Protest Movement Chapter 5. Disguises of European Nihilism-The Socioeconomic Myth and the Protest Movement Chapter 6. Active Nihilism-Nietzsche Chapter 7. "Being Oneself" Chapter 8. The Transcendent Dimension-"Life" and "More Than Life." Chapter 9. Beyond Theism and AtheismChapter 10. Invulnerability-Apollo and Dionysus Chapter 11. Acting without Desire-The Causal Law Part 3: The Dead End of Existentialism Chapter 12. Being and Inauthentic Existence Chapter 13. Sartre: Prisoner without Walls Chapter 14. Existence, "A Project Flung into the World" Chapter 15. Heidegger: "Retreating Forwards" and "Being-for-Death"-Collapse of Existentialism Part 4: Dissolution of the Individual Chapter 16. The Dual Aspect of Anonymity Chapter 17. Destructions and Liberations in the New Realism Chapter 18. The "Animal Ideal"-The Sentiment of NaturePart 5: Dissolution of Consciousness and Relativism Chapter 19. The Procedures of Modern Science Chapter 20. Covering up Nature-Phenomenology Part 6: The Realm of Art-From "Physical" Music to the Drug Regime Chapter 21. The Sickness of European Culture Chapter 22. Dissolution in Modern Art Chapter 23. Modern Music and Jazz Chapter 24. Excursus on Drugs Part 7: Dissolution in the Social Realm Chapter 25. States and Parties-Apoliteia Chapter 26. Society-The Crisis of Patriotic Feeling Chapter 27. Marriage and the Family Chapter 28. Relations between the SexesPart 8: The Spiritual Problem Chapter 29. The "Second Religiosity" Chapter 30. Death-The Right over Life Endnotes Other Books by Julius Evola About the Author About Inner Traditions Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions Index