Also, I don't just mean they are reactionary in certain area or in their personal life (Like Aristotle was important for biology despite being an apologies for slavery)?

I mean worth looking into their thinking precisely in areas where they're reactionary.

Possible suggestions (not saying they're justified) that I expect people would put forward include:

  • Carl Scmitt
  • Heidegger
    • StalinForTime [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Damn straight. All excellent. Never checked out Limonov so thanks for that.

      Von Clausewitz is a big one. Lenin was reading that shit lmao.

      Apparently one of the most important recent war theorists is Martin Van Creveld. I was planning to read his stuff. Turns out his (ofc unsurprisingly) a massive reactionary and wrote an anti-feminist screed about how 'women have actually always had it better than men'. Like he basically seems to be a fash but apparently his ideas on modern and postmodern warfare are genuinely interesting.

      Was actually interested in suggesting the Van Creveld as a reading group thing, might also be relevant to understanding what's going on in Ukraine military-wise.

      • Fishroot [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Never checked out Limonov so thanks for that.

        Limonov is like Mishima for scumbags. His book ''it's me Eddie'' explains a lot the delusion of Diaspora population in America and also explains how the dissidents ecosystem worked. It also explains how the National Bolsheviks Party (which is just a performance art than an ideology IMO) was created