I
MPERIUM
Much has been said already about this unique and disturbing book, but this much is reasonablycertain: A thousand times more is yet to be said.
Imperium
is the first sequel the literary world knows to Spengler’s monumental
The Decline of theWest
.In fact, the author of
Imperium
does more than even Spengler attempted—he defines and creates the
pathology of Culture
in all of its infinitely urgent importance, including the discipline of
CulturalVitalism
.
Imperium
rejects the Nineteenth Century: the parched fossils of its thought—Marx, Freud and thescientific-technical world outlook; its exhausted political nostrums—the pluralistic state, liberalism,democracy, communism, internationalism; all of which fail to satisfy the organically vital realities of politics.
Imperium
presents unique and almost esoteric political, social and historical definitions andexplanations which shall become more widely known—indeed, commonly understood—if our Westsurvives.
Imperium
is probably the first book to advocate European unification—to dogmatically predict it—interms other than the crassly materialistic.
Imperium
is the first comprehensive and profoundly constructive alternative to the Marxist-liberaldegeneracy surrounding us.
Imperium
is the creation of a man who believed in his Destiny—and in this book—so thoroughly thathe became a martyr to it.
Imperium
is written with a dramatic style and flair for expression seldom encountered even in novels.Yet rising above all else is the simple fact that in
Imperium
a creative genius has given the worldsomething new: A fourth dimension of intellect and a new concept of spirituality.
Imperium
heralds thedawn of a new day of Faith.Among all books, therefore,
Imperium
has a distinct status. Hardly a man alive will agree with all itcontains, yet will not find his personal horizons extended by the reading of it.The original two volumes are here combined, unabridged, into one, with a brilliant Introduction by Dr.Revilo P. Oliver.