Imperium by Francis Parker Yockey

Imperium Reviews

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  Gnarly Authenticity .

  Turgid, impassioned and repetitious. How ironic that Yockey's dream of a united Europe is coming true, on his schedule...in the name of everything he despised.
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  Jay D

  Simultaneously brilliant and objectionable. Somewhat like reading Heidegger, since Yockey like National Socialism. However, it comes from the mind of a brilliant analyst and tactician - a master geo-political thinker. Comparable to City of God in many ways, for it's breadth and scope, yet not a theological work.
  
  
  
  This is the book for "right wingers" who live in fantasy lands and not in reality. The critiques of Marx, Darwin and Freud are masterful, as well as the chapters on genius and world outlook and Amerika. Yockey, however, bears Hegelian and Nietzschian influences wherein man never transcends time and history - we are caught in historicism. So, on the whole, the thesis of a western euro empire is not really tenable. While Yockey saw many things to come, other arising forces he could not see, like the cryptocracy. To make it long story short, it's brilliant, but departs from the Bible.
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  Strong Extraordinary Dreams

  Mind sucessfully blown. I have read more than 100 history books - check my 'history' shelf - and this book is only matched by the six volumes of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
  
  Will have to read it again before I can even try to summarize my thoughts.
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  MarkieXIV

  This book is the standalone best book to understand third position/revolutionary nationalist politics. Absolutely essential to read this for 21st century dissidents as well as those who want to learn about 20th century nationalism.
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  DoctorM

  Well, what to say about "Imperium"? Is it a kind of Spengler fan-fic? A kind of revised and more abstract version of "Mein Kampf"? Did Yockey want to be the new Spengler or a kind of St. Paul bringing National Socialism to the gentiles/non-Germans? It's certainly long-winded, and probably better written than the usual run of ranting manifestos. Writing after WW-2, Yockey wanted to revive the core ideas and worldview of National Socialism without actually calling himself a neo-Nazi (or mentioning Hitler by name). But it's all there--- the vision of social and cultural decay caused by "culture-destroyers" (guess who?) who are behind capitalism and Marxism both, the dreams of apocalyptic redemption, the fascination with dreams of militarized asceticism, the invocation of vague and esoteric traditions, the rejection of "modern" culture as lacking in dignity and nobility for the true elites. What's interesting about Yockey is that in the mid-late 1940s, he's doing what so many alt-right types do today--- holding out a dream of some kind of alliance with a non- or post-Communist Russia in the hope that "traditional" Orthodox culture and Russian nationalism will provide a backbone for a Western rejection of modernity (and those carefully unnamed culture-destroyers). Anyway--- as I said, better written than most rants, certainly with more literary pretensions. But it's Nazi-lite--- don't ever think it isn't.
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  Shortsman

  An absolute must read, Yockey might be a bit optimistic about how long the struggle will be, but he presents a very convincing argument that we most certainly will win. Destiny compels us to do so. Hail Victory.
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  Wulf Grimsson

  Seriously important work
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  David

  Libro delirante que fue dedicado a Hitler por su autor, quien ya por otros muchos motivos era un completo demente ¿qué se puede esperar de semejante basura?
  Le doy de calificación menos mil estrellas.
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  Zakhar

  curious ideas there might be, this though does not conceal the fact that the author is a delusional psychopath, a tediously boring book
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  Tvrtko Balić

  It's a pretty bad and disappointing book. It is long and boring. It is clearly the author forming his opinion on issues presented for the first time. There is a clear unresolved tension that can be felt between the author realising the decadence of the west and his identity being formed by it. The one thing where the book succeeds is presenting Spengler in a more understandable manner, but as soon as Yockey gets original he takes those ideas to conclusions where they feel out of place.
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  Ux_

  Obra maestra que trata la crítica al materialismo, la importancia de la cultura y el problema de la democracia entre otros muchos aspectos.
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  John Smith

  I wanted to like this but instead found it wanting. It comes off as a rambling, often vague combination of attack and prophecy.
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  DJ Carcass

  man, this is just like Spengler if he was insufferable and didn't understand Spengler at all. just using Spenglers name to spread conspiracy theories about muh jews or something
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  Rhizomal Ennui

  Okay dont be harsh on him, he doesnt get how darwinian evolution or how sociology, history and religion works. This tends to stick out more and more as I read these generalized theory books, they dont get simple facts right because the individual writing process twists human mind into telling stupid things constantly. Bronze Age Mindset to Tractatus to Grammatology all suffers, maybe I finally grew out of philosophy and logic I dont know. It is ok!! Not a deal breaker that Yockey didnt read Freud, he still has a relatively clear message which most philosophers loathe to express. Everything wraps up in one book too, really with others it is like an artist teasing sequels that never comes, technical outlook of Imperium akin to reading a physics textbook which I always prefer to halfbooks Sartre or Deleuze pulls up.
  
  Ok so the first part, Yockey glorifies culture and has particularly interesting ideas about civilization and culture. Culture needs to be preserved, materialist goal is to dismantle culture. Culture represents the human thought undisturbed by "critical thinking". Of course materialism tries to dismantle it. Civilization preserves culture and holds culture together in a patchwork manner that doesnt mix them. It is Moldbuggian and Carylteian I mean Yockey refers to Carlyte by name did Yarvin read Yockey and embraced his past? I am suprised this kind of thinking doesnt have a larger body of thinkers. Civilization also tries to dismantle culture itself of course, materialism serves civilization which culminates in National Empires of pre ww1 world order. Eugenics and Malthusianism alike is disturbing to Yockey. Really he is an american, of course post medievalism appeals to him more then petty European conflicts, he pays a lot of lip service to catholic church. I am sure it will shush some of his tarded critics even here who doesnt bother to read him to make judgement though of course nothing wrong inherently with Eugenicism.
  
  He really hates that Europe is dependent on Moscow and Washington, on the other hand he is very drawn to both poles both in this book and his political activities. I think he kinda internalized and was jealous of the Bolsheviks? They did things more correctly with far less brilliant minds and the yoke of communism compared to "wsstern" Europe. He wants America and Russia alike to be good but more so he wants Europe to do ascend back to its leadership position so it can guide the other lesser nations of the world, not a hint of bile directed at national levels. Really, we are in Anno Domini 2023, watch mainstream news channel talking about Russia the revanchism there would make Yockey gag. Revanchism doesnt survive any prolonged exposure and Yockey interests expanded to Arabs and Han alike.
  
  I should write something about his minute policy ideas but then again I am only doing this because no one else gives the guy a charitable read, you can read the book itself for a change.
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  Pablo

  Muy buen libro , a pesar de se publico en 1948 ,el libro es muy actual y demuestra capacidades casi proféticas del autor , sobre todo en la segunda parte del libro en la que vaticina no solo el problema de la inmigración europea por elementos apátridas (aunque el autor se refería a los judíos ) hoy solo se cambiaría por musulmanes , si no también el conflicto Asia - Occidente , representado hoy en Corea Del norte y su aliado Chino.
  La primer parte del libro es donde el autor despotrica contra el evolucionismo , Freudismo y Marxismo y pergenia su idea de las civilizaciones como organismo .
  realmente es un libro imperdible, aunque no para todos
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  Nathaniel Westermann

  Yockey is a brilliant analyst with a damningly feeble grip on style.
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  ET

  Patched Spengler up quite nicely, along with giving the reader a good systematic way of understanding the March (fall) of nation's. Holes in his ideas are sprinkled throughout (such as the idea of that the"Italian" Jews that moved to America had offspring with different skull shapes due to the effect of Americas soil...) but excuses like that can be easily overlooked by the strength of his vision. Too bad about his early passing(killing?), perhaps he could have done better and fixed the holes, or perhaps 'tis better that fate had her way.
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  noblethumos

  Imperium is a book written by Francis Parker Yockey, an American philosopher and political activist. The book is a manifesto for a new political ideology, which Yockey calls "Imperium." Yockey argues that the modern world is in a state of crisis, and that the only solution is the creation of a new political and cultural order based on the principles of Imperium. He contends that Imperium is a synthesis of the best ideas and traditions of the past, and that it offers a vision for a new, more harmonious and prosperous society. Yockey believes that the principles of Imperium are universal, and that they can be applied to any society or culture. He argues that the implementation of Imperium will require the creation of a new political and social system, one that is based on the principles of community, tradition, and spiritual fulfillment.
  
  GPT