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Remembering Anthony M. Ludovici:
January 8, 1882–April 3, 1971
Greg Johnson
452 words
Anthony Mario Ludovici was born on January 8, 1882.
Ludovici was one of the first and most accomplished translators of Nietzsche into English and a leading exponent of Nietzsche’s thought. Ludovici was also an original philosopher in his own right. In nearly forty books, including eight novels, and hundreds of shorter works, Ludovici set forth his views on metaphysics, religion, ethics, politics, economics, the sexes, health, eugenics, art, modern culture, and current events with a clarity, wit, and fearless honesty that made him famous. Counter-Currents has issued Ludovici’s previously unpublished autobiography, The Confessions of an Anti-Feminist. An excerpt from it, “On the Jewish Question,” has been published on this site, and F. Roger Devlin has reviewed it in “A Man Out of Season.”
You can buy Anthony M. Ludovici’s The Confessions of an Anti-Feminist here.
A passionate, principled defender of aristocracy and conservatism and a fierce, uncompromising critic of egalitarianism in all its manifestations, Ludovici was consigned to obscurity after the Second World War. But in recent years, through the power of his thought and the promotional efforts of John V. Day, Ludovici’s writings have found a whole new audience. See Day’s essays:
- “Anthony Ludovici: Conservative from Another World,” originally published in Instauration.
- “What is Best Will Rule: Anthony Ludovici on Aristocracy and Democracy.”
I also wish to draw your attention to John Day’s extensive online archive of Ludovici’s writings.
You can buy John V. Day’s The Lost Philosopher here.
John Day is also the editor of The Lost Philosopher: The Best of Anthony M. Ludovici.
The following excerpts from The Lost Philosopher are available on this website:
- “Ludovici on Feminism and Emasculation“
- “In Defense of Vain Women“
- “In Defense of Domineering Women“
- “In Defense of Bad Taste” (Portuguese translation here)
- “In Defense of Deceptive Women“
- “Christianity and Dysgenics“
- “The Five Cardinal Female Virtues” (Portuguese translation here)
- “Like Should Marry Like“
- “Ludovici on Misplaced Chivalry and Emasculation“
Other works on this site by Ludovici include:
- “The Secret of Laughter“
- “The Jews as a Race“
- Excerpts from The Jews and the Jews in England
- “Change Society’s Values” (On the Jewish question)
- “Hitler and Nietzsche“
- “Hitler and the Third Reich“
- “Memories of Dr. Oscar Levy“
- “Memories of Hitler and the Third Reich“
- “Memories of Orage, Gurdjieff, and Ouspensky“
- “Memories of G. K. Chesterton“
- “My Education,” Part I
- “My Education,” Part II
- “My Education,” Part III
- “On Wuthering Heights“
- Religion for Infidels, excerpts, Part I
- Religion for Infidels, excerpts, Part II: Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
- Religion for Infidels, excerpts, Part III: Intelligence, Power, and Problem-Solving in Nature
- Religion for Infidels, excerpts, Part IV: Life Finds a Way
- Religion for Infidels, excerpts, Part V: Summoning Nature’s Powers
- Review of Brooks Adams’ The Law of Civilization and Decay
- “Whistler, Kant, and Modern Art“
Because of the renewed interest in Ludovici’s work, many of his writings have recently been reprinted.
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3 comments
The Instauration essay from 1989 linked above, by an “anonymous British subscriber” (I wonder who? Michael Walker?), was outstanding. I probably read it at the time, as I was a subscriber then, but I only recalled the name Ludovici. I suggest all read it. It inspires me to redouble my own investigations into what I have always assumed were the enormous areas of natural overlap between ethnonationalism and authentic conservatism. All true conservatives are ethnonationalists (ie, anti-diversitists) – and I believe that all ethnonationalists ought to be conservatives. I see anti-diversitism as a foundation stone of conservatism, though I also view conservatism as far more comprehensive in its ambitions than being a mere rejection of diversity. Anti-diversity seeks to preserve identity, the race and its constituent ethnoculture(s) themselves, whereas conservatism goes beyond mere preservationism, prescribing measures affecting the character and quality of our people. Depending on how “conservatism” is defined, I see no contradictions between the two traditions.
I read his book “The Choice of a Mate” (a practical guide on self-applied eugenics) last year and he has quickly become one of my favourite thinkers. His understanding on the subject came from an extensive understanding of human biology and anatomy which he studied for years and an eye for proper human proportion developed by his training in sculpture. There are some interesting radical theories about consanguinity beside his quite applicable sound advice, but even so nothing which modern science has refuted let alone cared to investigate.
Everyone should read more Ludovici.
Dear Gregory Johnson,
I want to say thank you for remembering Anthony Ludovici. I have never heard of him or his work until I visited your webzine. Here are some other names you should add to the list of birthdays to remember: H.L. Mencken, Gareth Jones, Leon Degrelle, William Henry Chamberlin and William Gayley Simpson.
Here are three names that should be brought back: Revilo Oliver, William Luther Pierce and Adolf Hitler.
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