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The Smartphone and the Disorder of Modernity

Alexandros Dolgov July 18, 2026

The phone—and technology in general—must be restored to its place in the natural hierarchy: subordinate to higher ends and aspirations, rather than becoming the anchor around which modern life is ordered.

From Horizontal to Vertical Reading: Reclaiming Permanence in the Age of Mass Publishing

Alexandros Dolgov July 11, 2026

A Traditionalist vision argues that only works which have proven their archetypal power deserve physical form—while harnessing modern technology for what is merely useful.

Reading for Permanence: Books Worth Inheriting

Alexandros Dolgov April 27, 2026

Europe suffers from amnesia: she has forgotten the texts that helped her understand fate, order, transcendence, and herself.

Backing Your Values With Your Money? Only if the Left Approves

Hélène de Lauzun May 30, 2025

The French Left just took the global trend of “let’s silence all who dare to challenge the system” to another level.

A New Conservatism: Freedom, National Sovereignty, and Tradition

Itxu Díaz March 7, 2024

The best way to be European is to be Spanish, German, Italian, or whatever nationality one is.

In Defense of Neo-Traditionalist Zoomers

Rod Dreher February 14, 2024

All trads are a little ‘fake.’ The truth is, all traditionalism in our wretched age is—given what the previous generations have taken from us.

"La chapelle des Bourbons au XIXe siècle" (unknown date) an engraving by Ebenezer Challis (1806-1881) based on a drawing by Thomas Allom (1804-1872), currently located in a private collection. The chapel is a part of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Lyon.

The Tale of Two Frances: Part II

Alexander Riley December 6, 2023

Whilst Paris is surrendering to wokeism, a new generation of formidable defenders of tradition is arising in Lyon.

"Vue Perspective du Siege et Bombardement de la Ville de Lyon : ou il y avoit plus de 30000 aristocrates, mais nos Patriotes les ont anéanti, l'an 2.e de la Republique, Octobre 1793" (1793) a 29,5 x 41,5 engraving by an unknown artist, located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

A Tale of Two Frances: Part I

Alexander Riley December 4, 2023

Once the site of one of the most significant revolts against the French Revolution, today Lyon has become the centre of the right-wing reaction to wokeism.

The Philosophy of Toxophily, Part II: Archery as self-mastery

Sebastian Morello March 22, 2023

Archery, the Japanese have long believed, supplements the interior journey towards a state of wisdom, a journey that to some degree we must all undertake if we are to avoid becoming a nuisance to others.

Traditionalism with a Capital ‘T’

Jesse Russell January 27, 2023

Bannon is attracted to a mystical form of Traditionalism, although his version of it is very unconventional. He is an American traditionalist who views the working class as the salt of the earth uncorrupted by liberal modernity.

Tag: traditionalism

The Smartphone and the Disorder of Modernity

From Horizontal to Vertical Reading: Reclaiming Permanence in the Age of Mass Publishing

Reading for Permanence: Books Worth Inheriting

Backing Your Values With Your Money? Only if the Left Approves

A New Conservatism: Freedom, National Sovereignty, and Tradition

In Defense of Neo-Traditionalist Zoomers

The Tale of Two Frances: Part II

A Tale of Two Frances: Part I

The Philosophy of Toxophily, Part II: Archery as self-mastery

Traditionalism with a Capital ‘T’

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