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Summary
Benjamin Teitelbaum investigates the intellectual foundations of the contemporary far-right through the figures of Steve Bannon and the Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, both of whom reject the liberal order in favor of a civilizational clash rooted in traditionalist and esoteric philosophies. The book traces how Dugin's neo-Eurasianism and Bannon's apocalyptic traditionalism converged on a shared opposition to liberal democracy, individualism, and the nation-state system. Teitelbaum, an academic who conducted interviews with both men, presents their worldview as a coherent metaphysical rebellion against modernity itself.