The Descending Night of Augusto Del Noce

While largely unknown in the West, the works of the Italian cultural critic and philosopher Augusto Del Noce (above) should be compulsory reading for anyone concerned about the plight of Western civilisation, especially Australia. Del Noce (1910-1989) argues the rise of neo-Marxist inspired radical secularism, eroticism and scientism are all conspiring to weaken and undermine long-held convictions about the significance and benefits of Western civilisation, Judeo-Christianity, liberalism and heterosexuality.

Rationality and reason are denounced as binary and Eurocentric, our political and legal systems condemned as oppressive, Christianity vilified and banished from the public square and sexuality and gender defined as fluid and limitless.

Much like Orwell’s 1984, language control and group think are all pervasive and anyone who fails to conform is guilty of thoughtcrime and publicly attacked and silenced.  The ideal of a liberal education committed to impartiality, wisdom…