Revolt Against the Modern World


Revolt Against the Modern World: Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga is a book by Julius Evola, first published in Italy, in 1934. Described as Evola's most influential work, it is an elucidation of his Traditionalist world view.
The first part of the book deals with the concepts of the Traditional world; its knowledge of the bridge between the earthly and the transcendent worlds. The second part deals with the modern world, contrasting its characteristics with those of traditional societies: from politics and institutions to views on life and death. Evola denounces the regressive aspects of modern civilisation.

Rivolta contro il mondo moderno was published in Milan by Hoepli in 1934. In 1969 a revised and augmented edition was published. Translated into English by Guido Stucco, it was published by Inner Traditions in 1995 and as a 375-page hardcover. It has also been translated into German, Spanish, French, Serbian and Hungarian.
The book influenced Mircea Eliade and other thinkers in the Traditionalist school, as well as the European Nouvelle Droite.