Anthony M. Ludovici
The Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2018
368 pages
There are three formats for The Confessions of an Anti-Feminist:
Anthony M. Ludovici
The Lost Philosopher: The Best of Anthony M. Ludovici
Edited by John V. Day
Berkeley, Cal.: Educational Translation and Scholarship Foundation, 2003
320 pages
There are three formats for The Lost Philosopher:
Anthony M. Ludovici
The Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2018
368 pages
There are three formats for The Confessions of an Anti-Feminist:
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Editor’s Note:
The following text is excerpted from the forthcoming Counter-Currents publication of Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 8, “My Life Work.” The title is Editorial. The notes by John V. Day are marked “Ed.”
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Since humor is one of the New Right’s most powerful weapons, we should welcome anything that might sharpen our attack, including a theoretical explanation of the nature of humor itself. Anthony M. Ludovici’s 1932 book The Secret of Laughter presents an entirely convincing theory of humor inspired by Thomas Hobbes and Charles Darwin. (more…)
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El Greco, “St. Dominic in Prayer”
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In this final selection from Anthony Ludovici’s last book Religion for Infidels
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What, then, are the disconnected facts, the underlying relation of which would have vindicated Lamarck, shed important light on the evolutionary process and simultaneously explained many a problem connected with religion and religious practice? (more…)
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(f) The sixth conclusion to which a steady and careful study of Nature inevitably leads us is that wherever there is living matter, whether in the human brain or in a blade of grass, there also shall we find intelligence. Every particle of live matter is, we know, composed of cells which, individually and by the simple fact that they are alive, give evidence of intelligent activity. (more…)
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Religion for Infidels
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Religion for Infidels
Simeon Solomon, “Judith and her Attendant going to the Assyrian Camp,” 1872
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Excerpts from Jews, and the Jews in England (London: Boswell Publishing, 1938), published under the pen name “Cobbett.”
At the present conjuncture in world affairs, ‘race’ may have become a meaningless word. It may even be quite superfluous. If this is so, then by all means let us scrap it. But scrapping it will not remove those factors to designate which it has so far survived, possibly merely as a spurious counter. It will not remove the capacity on the part of non-Semitic Europeans to recognize the Jew as a type (desirable or undesirable). (more…)
Caravaggio, “Sacrifice of Isaac”
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This is the Introduction to Anthony M. Ludovici’s book Jews, and the Jews in England (London: Boswell Publishing, 1938), published under the pen name “Cobbett.”
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From Gentile and Jew: A Symposium on the Future of the Jewish People
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From my earliest years I have, in one way and another, been indebted to Jews. The days of my childhood were enlivened by the music of Offenbach, most of whose more famous comic operas were made familiar to me. (more…)
Angelina Jolie, apotheosis by race-betrayal
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English original here
A fundamental falta de gosto da mulher é o fato ao qual eu atribuí os dois mitos de Pandora e Eva, nos quaias a mulher é representada como sendo a causa da queda do homem, e da introdução do mal na terra. Eu demonstrei esse mal gosto fundamental apontando para a inabilidade da mulher em selecionar e reconhecer os melhores homens e sua preferência geral por homens inferiores, (more…)
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Ludovici published the following three-part article on “Hitler and the Third Reich” in The English Review in 1936. Ludovici describes his travels in the Third Reich in his autobiography, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist. (more…)
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Much has been written and more has been said about the Nietzschean influence behind the new regime in Germany. (more…)
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What follows are selections from Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 5, “My Education, III (1916–1959).” The section headings are my creations. Unless otherwise indicated, all notes are by Ludovici. John V. Day’s notes are marked JVD. Mine are marked GJ. (more…)
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Dr. Oscar Levy (March 28, 1867–August 13, 1946), was a German-born Jewish physician and Nietzsche scholar who between 1909 and 1913, oversaw the publication of an 18-volume edition of Nietzsche’s writings in English translation. Ludovici translated several of Nietzsche’s books for this edition. (more…)
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What follows are selections from Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 4, “My Education, II (1910–1916).” (more…)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), "At the Piano," 1858–59
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Anthony M. Ludovici’s grandfather and father, Albert Ludovici, Sr. and Albert Ludovici, Jr. were celebrated and successful painters in England. (more…)
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What follows are selections from Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 3, “My Education, I (1882–1910).” The section headings are my creations. Unless otherwise indicated, all notes are by Ludovici. John V. Day’s notes are marked JVD, and additional notes are marked GJ. (more…)
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Czech version here
Brooks Adams’ work on The Law of Civilization and Decay[1] is a reprint of the original American edition published in 1896. It was the first of a series of similar treatises and started the line followed, among others, by Spengler. Briefly its thesis is this — “As the attack in war masters the defence, and the combative instinct becomes unnecessary to the preservation of life, the economic supersedes the martial mind, being superior in bread-winning. (more…)
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Caspar David Friedrich, "Rocky Landscape in the Elbsandsteingebirge," 1822–1823
Editor’s Note:
The following is from Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 3, “My Education, Part.” Unless otherwise indicated, all notes are by Ludovici. John V. Day’s notes are marked JVD, and additional notes are marked GJ. The book remains unpublished, but we hope to raise funds to finally bring it into print later this year.
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The following is from Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 5, “My Education, Part III.” The book remains unpublished, but we hope to raise funds to finally bring it into print The notes by John V. Day are marked with his initials.
Alfred Richard Orage, 1873–1934
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The following is from Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 4, “My Education, Part II.” (The opening sentence comes from ch. 3, “My Education, Part I.”) The book remains unpublished, but we hope to raise funds to finally bring it into print.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874–1936
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The following is from Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 7, “My Friends, Part II.” The book remains unpublished, but we hope to raise funds to finally bring it into print.
Cristofano Allori. "Judith with the Head of Holofernes," 1613
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Each sex has the instincts, emotions and mental powers related to the kind of life that it will have to lead, and the corresponding limitation in selecting and rejecting. For instance, the male as the active participator in coition is the wooer and initiator; he has to awaken desire for himself in the female, and finds his pleasure in these roles. The female finds pleasure in being captivated, in surrendering herself, in yielding to initiation, provided that she approves of the male.
"Vanity" by John William Waterhouse, 1849–1917
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Woman’s vanity, I take it, is not open to question. If no other proof of its preeminence in her were available, we should find one in her universally reported modesty, for who says modest, says also vain. Since, therefore, no-one has yet contested the modesty of women, I may take it that her vanity is by implication generally accepted too. (more…)
Franz von Stuck, "Kiss of the Sphinx," 1895
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Woman’s love of petty power is obvious and hardly requires demonstrating. It arises from the species’ urgent need of some adult animal which, when the offspring is born, will take an instinctive delight in looking after it. Apart from the pleasant sensations that the healthy female, whether animal or human, derives from suckling, there must also be an instinct which makes it a pleasure to nurse, to fondle and to tend the infant of the species.
