Fascism

Julius Evola

Evola thought, Hitler was "possessed" by antisemitism and in this regard "almost paranoid". While he said that a "Jewish problem" did exist, he thought that in Hitler it "took on the character of obsessive fanaticism, a sign of a lack of inner control, and it left a stain on the Third Reich that is difficult to remove." He also spoke out against "the physical extermination of the Jews" in Germany for which "no justification or excuse can be given" according to him. Evola claimed that the Nationalsocialist conception of race was "a mere myth, with no precise reality to correspond to it". Evola writes that the "racism I defended, far from being 'extremism', was part of my attempts, in other fields as well, to rectify ideas that were developing in a deviant direction in Fascism and also in Nationalsocialism", which he described as materialistic and vulgar as opposed to his own "spiritual racism".

In July of 1938 Reinhard Heydrich sent a report to Heinrich Himmler regarding Evola, in which Evola was judged based on his work "Pagan Imperialism". Heydrich concludes that Evola has "no understanding whatsoever for the German folkish [völkisch] past", which Heydrich reasons is due to him not being German. Evola was not able to understand the development of the German world or concept of "king" and unable to comprehend Germanic concepts in general. Heydrich criticizes Evola for his "universalism" and his opposition to the idea of a "fatherland" as well as Nationalsocialism as a whole, which Evola attacks explicitly. Heydrich recommends to Himmler that Evola's attempts to form an international secret order should not be supported, that his public appearances in Germany be stopped and the spreading of his influence in the Nationalsocialist party be prevented as well as to monitor his propagandistic activities in neighboring countries.