Reaction and the Avant-Garde: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy in Early Twen

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"Reaction and the Avant-Garde" illuminates a vital facet of right-wing thought in the first decades of the century, which had a powerful hold on Europe's intellectual elite. Prominent literary figures, such as Ezra Pound, Hilaire Belloc and the Chestertons, led a revolt against liberal parliamentary democracy in Britain. This group despised parliaments as representing and embodying a 'nation'. Villis examines the literary works, private papers, correspondence and memoirs of the leaders of this anti-Semitic, anti-modern, anti-women's rights movement that formed the intellectual underpinning of European fascism.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Tom Villis is a Research Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments – viiIntroduction – 1Readers, Writers and Intellectual Networks – 19Elitism and the Revolt of the Masses – 41The Forging of an Anti-Parliamentary Tradition – 72The Nation – 107The New Age, the New Witness and the Jews – 146'Sterile Virgins on the Drab Rampage': the Image of Women in the New Ages and the New Witness – 174Conclusion – 192Notes – 197Bibliography – 239Index – 255

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Looks at a vital facet of Right-wing thought in the early twentieth century. Presenting an approach uniting intellectual history with political theory, this book is a contribution to the cultural debate on 'intellectuals and the masses'.

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Looks at a vital facet of Right-wing thought in the early twentieth century. Presenting an approach uniting intellectual history with political theory, this book is a contribution to the cultural debate on 'intellectuals and the masses'.

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- Identifies an overlooked facet of right-wing though in British intellectual history

Details ISBN1350176214 Author Tom Villis Pages 280 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1350176214 ISBN-13 9781350176218 Short Title Reaction and the Avant-Garde Language English Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain DEWEY 320.94109041 Series Geographers Publication Date 2020-11-26 UK Release Date 2020-11-26 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2020-11-26 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-11-25 We've got this

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