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

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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. Originally published 1961 in Italian under the title 'Cavalcare la Tigre' by Edizioni Mediterranee, Rome. English translation by Joscelyn Godwin and Constance Fontana published 2003 by Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont. 1. Values. 2. Tradition (Philosophy) 3. Europe-Moral conditions. 4. Philosophy, Modern-20th century. Ride the Tiger - Dustwrapper (Front) Flyleaf (Front) Flyleaf (Rear) Half-title Other Books by Julius Evola Title Page Printer's Imprint Contents Half-title (2) PART 1: Orientations 1. The Modern World and Traditional Man 2. The End of a Cycle —"Ride the Tiger" PART 2: In the World Where God Is Dead 3. European Nihilism —The Dissolution of Morals 4. From the Precursors of Nihilism to the "Lost Youth" and the Protest Movement 5. Disguises of European Nihilism —The Socioeconomic Myth and the Protest Movement 6. Active Nihilism —Nietzsche 7. "Being Oneself" 8. The Transcendent Dimension —"Life" and "More Than Life" 9. Beyond Theism and Atheism 10. Invulnerability —Apollo and Dionysus 11. Acting without Desire —The Causal Law PART 3: The Dead End of Existentialism 12. Being and Inauthentic Existence 13. Sartre: Prisoner without Walls 14. Existence, "A Project Flung into the World" 15. Heidegger: "Retreating Forwards" and "Being-for-Death" —Collapse of Existentialism PART 4: Dissolution of the Individual 16. The Dual Aspect of Anonymity 17. Destructions and Liberations in the New Realism 18. The "Animal Ideal" —The Sentiment of Nature PART 5: Dissolution of Consciousness and Relativism 19. The Procedures of Modern Science 20. Covering up Nature —Phenomenology PART 6: The Realm of Art —From "Physical" Music to the Drug Regime 21. The Sickness of European Culture 22. Dissolution in Modern Art 23. Modern Music and Jazz 24. Excursus on Drugs PART 7: Dissolution in the Social Realm 25. States and Parties —Apoliteia 26. Society —The Crisis of Patriotic Feeling 27. Marriage and the Family 28. Relations between the Sexes PART 8: The Spiritual Problem 29. The "Second Religiosity" 30. Death —The Right over Life Notes Index Other Works by Julius Evola Ride the Tiger - Dustwrapper (Rear)