Also, I don't just mean they are reactionary in certain area or in their personal life (Like Aristotle was important for biology despite being an apologies for slavery)?
I mean worth looking into their thinking precisely in areas where they're reactionary.
Possible suggestions (not saying they're justified) that I expect people would put forward include:
- Carl Scmitt
- Heidegger
Damn straight. All excellent. Never checked out Limonov so thanks for that.
Von Clausewitz is a big one. Lenin was reading that shit lmao.
Apparently one of the most important recent war theorists is Martin Van Creveld. I was planning to read his stuff. Turns out his (ofc unsurprisingly) a massive reactionary and wrote an anti-feminist screed about how 'women have actually always had it better than men'. Like he basically seems to be a fash but apparently his ideas on modern and postmodern warfare are genuinely interesting.
Was actually interested in suggesting the Van Creveld as a reading group thing, might also be relevant to understanding what's going on in Ukraine military-wise.
Limonov is like Mishima for scumbags. His book ''it's me Eddie'' explains a lot the delusion of Diaspora population in America and also explains how the dissidents ecosystem worked. It also explains how the National Bolsheviks Party (which is just a performance art than an ideology IMO) was created