Gurdjieff and the rise of the reactionary right

The New Age movement has been an especial victim and we have pointed to the crypto-reactionary elements in the Gurdjieff field.
Note that Gurdjieff appears in concert with the generation of Nietzche, no accident, and the world of Gurdjieff points to the coming of fascism on the right…

Today’s right-wing thinkers look to Nietzsche and other German reactionaries to ground their elitist politics — and to do battle with leftists’ project of universal emancipation.

Source: Why the Contemporary Right Loves Nietzsche (and Heidegger and Schmitt)

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