Reactionary Modernism
“Reactionary Modernism” by Jonathan Bowden, published by Counter-Currents Publishing on April 28, 2022, is a collection of lectures and essays that explores the dialogue between Modernists of the Right and the Left prior to the Second World War. This edition, comprising 206 pages, delves into the works of notable Reactionary Modernist artists such as Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and Arno Breker, while also critiquing contemporary figures like Stewart Home and the Turner Prize.
In “Reactionary Modernism,” Bowden presents his perspective on the evolution of modern art and its political implications. He emphasizes the importance of tradition in fostering a new artistic direction, aiming to inspire a renaissance on the Right. The book engages with themes of art, criticism, and history, offering insights into the cultural debates that shaped modernism from the late 19th century to 1945. Through this work, readers will encounter a thought-provoking examination of the intersections between art and ideology.
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Since the Second World War, “Modernism” in the arts has been overwhelmingly associated with the cultural and political Left. But before the War, there was vigorous debate between Modernists of the Right and the Left.
Jonathan Bowden was a latter-day Reactionary Modernist in both literature and the visual arts.
Reactionary Modernism collects Bowden’s lectures and essays on such great Reactionary Modernist artists as Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and Arno Breker, as well as his criticisms of the degenerate Modernism of Stewart Home and the Turner Prize.
The statements collected in Reactionary Modernism do not merely dwell on the past, for by returning to tradition, Bowden hoped to inspire an artistic renaissance on the Right.
“Let us return to tradition to go forwards with modernity in a different direction.”-Jonathan Bowden
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