Mytho‑history Fuels Far‑Right Legitimacy

Evola’s reconstructions of a sacred past are not mere antiquarianism but a foundational political technology: by treating myth as literal history he creates an authoritative origin story that legitimates hierarchical, anti‑modern politics. Contemporary far‑right and pagan groups (publishers, review platforms, associations) use disputes over those texts to signal allegiance and recruit intellectual cover. — Tracking how mythic historical claims translate into political legitimacy helps explain why certain intellectual texts keep resurfacing in modern extremist subcultures and why contesting them matters for public politics.