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Western Esotericism: History & Scholarship

Against the Modern World

Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century

by Mark Sedgwick

The standard historical study of the Traditionalist movement founded by René Guénon. Sedgwick follows its development through Frithjof Schuon, Julius Evola and others and traces its influence on Sufi orders, scholarship and radical politics.

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