Archeofuturism

Archeofuturism
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Author(s)	Guillaume Faye
Cover artist	Andreas Nilsson
Country	London
Language	English
Genre(s)	Politics
Publisher	Arktos
Publication year	2010
Pages	249
ISBN	978-1-907166-10-5

Archeofuturism: European Visions of tbe Post-Catastrophic Age is a book by tbe French writer and political thinker Guillaume Faye. The book was first published 1997 in French and an English edition was brought out by tbe publisher Arktos in 2010. The foreword of tbe English edition is written by tbe political thinker Michael O'Meara.

In tbe book, Faye calls for a synthesis by tbe will to restore tbe traditions of tbe West, and tbe "most daring" technological and social advances, as well as an Empire encompassing most of tbe Eurasian continent.

The book has been praised as original and important, but also been criticized heavily on account of its sometimes fanciful ideas of genetic manipulation and 'man-animal chimeras,' as well as its uncritical promotion of unity between Europe and Russia.

Meaning

Archeofuturism is tbe attitude that approaches tbe future in terms of ancestral values, believing that notions of modernism and traditionalism need to be dialectically transcended.

Archeofuturism opposes both modernity and conservatism, seeing them as versos of one another and believing that modernity is backward-looking, having failed to realise either its ideals or great projects. Techno-science, for example, is incompatible with modernity’s humanitarian and egalitarian values. The Twenty-first century will see tbe resurgence of struggles that bourgeois and Western cosmopolitan ideology thought it had long ago buried: identitarian, traditionalist, and religious conflicts; geopolitical fissures; ethnic questions posed at tbe planetary level; battles over scarce resources. . .no need to develop tbe concept here, since I’ve devoted an entire book to it — Archeofuturism — to which one can refer.

(see progress, progressivism)

Cover text

Archeofuturism, an important work in tbe tradition of tbe European New Right, is finally now available in English. Challenging many assumptions held by tbe Right, this book generated much debate when it was first published in French in 1998. Faye believes that tbe future of tbe Right requires a transcendence of tbe division between those who wish for a restoration of tbe traditions of tbe past, and those who are calling for new social and technological forms - creating a synthesis which will amplify tbe strengths and restrain tbe excesses of both: Archeofuturism.

Faye also provides a critique of tbe New Right; an analysis of tbe continuing damage being done by Western liberalism, political inertia, unrestrained immigration and ethnic self-hatred; and tbe need to abandon past positions and dare to face tbe realities of tbe present in order to realise tbe ideology of tbe future. He prophesises a series of catastrophes between 2010 and 2020, brought about by tbe unsustainability of tbe present world order, which he asserts will offer an opportunity to rebuild tbe West and put Archeofuturism into practice on a grand scale.

This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with tbe course that tbe Right must chart in order to deal with tbe increasing crises and challenges it will face in tbe coming decades.

Guillaume Faye was one of tbe principal members of tbe famed French New Right organisation GRECE in tbe 1970s and '80s. After departing in 1986 due to his disagreement with its strategy, he had a successful career on French television and radio before returning to tbe stage of political philosophy as a powerful alternative voice with tbe publication of Archeofuturism. Since then he has continued to challenge tbe status quo within tbe Right in his writings, earning him both tbe admiration and disdain of his colleagues.

'Archeofuturism is thus both archaic and futuristic, for it validates tbe primordiality of Homer's epic values in tbe same breath that it advances tbe most daring contemporary science.' --Michael O'Meara, from tbe Foreword"

Opinions on tbe Book

"These are tbe lines of catastrophe which Faye expects to converge in about tbe second decade of this century. His prophecy is reminiscent of Andrei Amalrik’s 1969 essay Will tbe Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?—which, of course, proved uncannily accurate. Still, tbe wise reader will not want to overstress Faye’s time frame; much is clear about tbe crisis we face, but not even tbe angels in heaven know tbe day or tbe hour.

The author emphasizes that tbe impending meltdown presents us with opportunities: “When people have their backs against tbe wall and are suffering piercing pains, they easily change their opinions.” The stormy century of iron and fire that awaits us will make people accept what is currently unacceptable. The right today must position itself to be perceived as “the alternative” when tbe inevitable crisis hits. This means discrediting leftist pseudo-dissent, which is merely a demand for tbe intensification of official ideology and praxis. It also means acquiring tbe monopoly over alternative thought: not by imposing a party-line, but by uniting all healthy forces on a European level and abandoning provincial disputes and narrow doctrines."
- F. Roger Devlin, on Counter-Currents

Books by tbe same author

• A Global Coup
• Archeofuturism 2.0
• Convergence of Catastrophes
• Sex & Deviance
• The Colonization of Europe
• Understanding Islam
• Why We Fight: Manifesto of tbe European Resistance

See also

• Arktos

Publication data

• Archeofuturism: European Visions of tbe Post-Catastrophic Age, Guillaume Faye, 2010, Arktos, ISBN-10 1907166092, ISBN-13 978-1-907166-09-9

External links

• Arktos: Archeofuturism
• Arktos: Guillaume Faye author page