A Flawed Compilation

This could be a good introduction for those new to Evola as it largely avoids the historical and esoteric elements of his work which some find off-putting; however, if one is already familiar with his ideas (in particular those found in Ride the Tiger) there is little new here.

A decent part of it is more or less a reiteration of concepts found elsewhere which again, might be useful for someone discovering them for the first time as they are put more simply and briefly here, but it is otherwise a little disappointing. It is worth mentioning that some of these reiterations can be argued as definitive, at least in terms of their comedic value. Evola's criticism of beatniks and hippies is actually laugh-out-loud funny on more than one occasion.

Among the material that was new (to me at least) was a analysis of the student movements of the time. Evola points out that their so-called radicalism is of a purely theoretical nature and this continues to resonate today as the contemporary youth, despite their multitude of labels and identifies, are essentially demanding entry to bourgeois society, rather than rebelling against it.

The narration is very good, possibly the best of any of Evola's work on Audible, as are the translation and ideas; unfortunately the selection of articles is rather limited and although it seems like this is the only way to hear them, the ideas they contain are already accessible elsewhere. This could also have benefited from being longer since exclusively focusing on Evola's writings on youth seems like an unnecessary limitation.

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