Overview
Durante las décadas de 2010 y 2020, Estados Unidos fue testigo del desarrollo de una nueva contracultura radical en internet. Sus figuras centrales —con Curtis Yarvin y Nick Land a la cabeza— escribían bajo seudónimo en blogs y en redes sociales. Fueron ellos mismos quienes bautizaron ese nuevo movimiento como «Neorreacción» o «Ilustración oscura». Las ideas que defendían eran antiguas e hipermodernas al mismo tiempo: destruir la democracia, establecer una monarquía, dirigir el Estado como una empresa, restablecer las desigualdades entre hombres y mujeres, afirmar las diferencias genéticas y un largo etcétera que ha ido desplazándose de los márgenes al centro de nuestra vida política.
Gracias al apoyo de algunos multimillonarios de Silicon Valley, el alcance de sus propuestas no ha dejado de ampliarse desde entonces y, tras la victoria de Donald Trump en noviembre de 2024, están dispuestos a convertir Estados Unidos en el laboratorio de su proyecto.
Este esclarecedor libro sintetiza y analiza la originalidad de la «Ilustración oscura» al tiempo que inscribe el movimiento en la historia de las ideas políticas. Leerlo permite comprender el sentido de sus aspiraciones y calibrar una de las posibles versiones de nuestro futuro.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“A passionate and educational essay that is a must-read for understanding the galaxy neoreactionary movement that is attempting to influence Donald Trump’s policy and dreams of putting an end to democracy.” —Le Figaro Magazine
During the 2010s and 2020s, the United States witnessed the emergence of a new radical counterculture on the internet. Its central figures—led by Curtis Yarvin and Nick Land—wrote under pseudonyms on blogs and social media. It was they themselves who christened this new movement “Neoreaction” or the “Dark Enlightenment.” The ideas they championed were both ancient and hypermodern at the same time: destroying democracy, establishing a monarchy, running the state like a corporation, reestablishing inequalities between men and women, affirming genetic differences, and a long list of other ideas that have gradually shifted from the margins to the center of our political life.
Thanks to the support of some Silicon Valley billionaires, the scope of their proposals has continued to expand ever since, and following Donald Trump’s victory in November 2024, they are determined to turn the United States into a testing ground for their project.
This illuminating book synthesizes and analyzes the originality of the “Dark Enlightenment” while situating the movement within the history of political ideas. Reading it allows us to understand the meaning of their aspirations and to gauge one of the possible versions of our future.
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