Title: The New Italy: Race, War, and the Nordico-Aryan Awakening Tags: #Evola #Race #Fascism #NordicoAryan #War #SpiritualAwakening #Italy #HyperboreanTradition #HeroicConsciousness #RomanTradition 1. Rectification of the Mediterranean Race: The anti-Nordic prejudice in Italy is a misunderstanding. The rhetorical oppositions between North and South are superficial and lack consistency. What matters is an inner decision, a choice between the different racial components within the Italian people. 2. Dual Italy: Italy contains both Nordico-Aryan elements and a degenerate, crossbred Italy characterized by small, swarthy types, sentimentalism, impulsiveness, and anarchic individualism. This latter Italy has been the focus of foreign stereotypes, perpetuated by Italians themselves through passivity. 3. Fascism’s Role: Fascism overthrew the demo-parliamentary regime and began building a new, warlike, and Roman nation. It rejected the bourgeois, anti-racist, and superficial Italy, embracing instead the primordial symbols of the Hyperborean tradition, such as the Eagle and the Axe. 4. Heroic Italy: Fascist Italy seeks to be a world of hardened forces, ethical consciousness, and creative tension, rejecting sentimentalism and fragmentation. Its symbol is not mandolins or gondolas but the disciplined, powerful Roman step, akin to Prussian parades. 5. Nordico-Aryan Orientation: The Italian soul has already chosen a Nordico-Aryan orientation, long before race became part of Fascist ideology. This choice was influenced by the Great War, which acted as a crucible for racial differentiation. 6. War as a Test: The Great War served as a test, differentiating generations and leaving an indelible mark on those who fought. For some, it led to a regression to instinctual, subhuman levels (as seen in Remarque’s works). For others, it sparked a spiritual awakening and inner overcoming. 7. Fascism and the Race of Fighters: Fascism represented the combative, interventionist, an