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Informationen zum Autor Tom Villis is a Research Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge. Klappentext "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.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'. Zusammenfassung "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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments - vii Introduction - 1 Readers, Writers and Intellectual Networks - 19 Elitism and the Revolt of the Masses - 41 The Forging of an Anti-Parliamentary Tradition - 72 The Nation - 107 The 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 - 174 Conclusion - 192 Notes - 197 Bibliography - 239 Index - 255 ...
