The Dark Enlightenment - Imperium Press
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Neoreaction is not your grandfather's conservatism, but the web 2.0 era marriage between modern engineering principles and classical anti-democratic thought. Its central tenet is that the Enlightenment was a mistake, and in The Dark Enlightenment, Nick Land burns progressivism to the ground, salts the earth around its ashes, and raises an altar to anti-humanism in its place.
Land explicates the main ideas of neoreaction-the Cathedral, neocameralism, formalism, etc.-always viewing democracy, liberalism, and politics in general through the lens of Darwinism. The result is something like Thomas Hobbes as ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume is an unreleased essay by Land on the writing and impact of The Dark Enlightenment.
Absolutely none of this incendiary work has been proven wrong in the ten years since it was written. No doubt it will remain relevant for many years to come.
Nick Land
Nick Land, born in 1962, is an English philosopher recognized for his work in accelerationism and speculative realism, notably expressed through his blog Xenosystems. He lectured in Continental Philosophy at the University of Warwick from 1987 to 1998, where he co-founded the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU) with Sadie Plant, a group known for its innovative take on cybernetics and culture. His key work, Fanged Noumena (2011), compiles writings from 1987 to 2007, blending diverse influences into a unique style. Now living in Shanghai, Land continues to shape philosophical discourse through Xenosystems.
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