Traditionalism Today Conversation with Ben Teitelbaum

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In this conversation, Borja Vilallonga (aka the Modern Platonist) and his guest, Ben Teitelbaum, discuss the state of Traditionalism today through the dissection and analysis of the different power figures affiliated with or influenced by the Traditionalist school, like Steve Bannon, Aleksandr Dugin or Olavo de Carvalho. Dr. Teitelbaum is the author of the 2020 ‘War for Eternity. The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right.’ While the historical figures of the Traditionalist school (René Guénon, Julius Evola and Frithjof Schuon) avoided active politics, a new generation of Traditionalist thinkers has been deeply involved in shaping new geopolitical concepts as well as the populist wave of the 2010s that brought figures like Donald Trump or Jair Bolsonaro to power in the United States and Brazil respectively. While assessing similarities and differences between the old and the new Traditionalists, we explore the spiritual ideas that have fueled this school in the first decades of the 21st century. • #traditionalism #spirituality #stevebannon • Dr. Benjamin Teitelbaum is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and International Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder. Most of his research focuses on ideology and expressive culture in contemporary radical nationalist and populist movements. He is author of two books: ‘Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism’ (Oxford University Press 2017) and ‘War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right’ (HarperCollins 2020). • Connect with Ben Teitelbaum: • Website: http://www.benjaminteitelbaum.com • Buy his book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241431077 • Twitter: / benteitel • Borja Vilallonga is a historian and religion scholar, previously at Columbia University, New York University, and the University of Newcastle. He obtained his doctorate in history of religion from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France. He has devoted his research on the relationship between traditional religion and modernity. • Connect with Borja Vilallonga: • Website: https://www.bvilallonga.com • Twitter: / vilallonga • Instagram: / borjavilallonga • The cover image of this video is courtesy of Nor Ink. You can check his artwork at / nor.ink

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