Reactionary Modernism

A Clash of Modernisms: Right vs. Left

Since the Second World War, "Modernism" in the arts has been overwhelmingly associated with the cultural and political Left. However, before the war, there was a vigorous debate between Modernists of the Right and the Left.

Jonathan Bowden: A Reactionary Modernist

Jonathan Bowden was a latter-day Reactionary Modernist in both literature and the visual arts. His work stands as a testament to a different perspective on art and modernity.

A Collection of Insightful Lectures and Essays

Reactionary Modernism collects Bowden's:

• Lectures and essays on great Reactionary Modernist artists, such as Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and Arno Breker.
• Criticisms of the degenerate Modernism of figures like Stewart Home and the Turner Prize.

A Call for an Artistic Renaissance

The statements collected in Reactionary Modernism do not merely dwell on the past. By returning to tradition, Bowden aimed to inspire an artistic renaissance on the Right.

"Let us return to tradition to go forwards with modernity in a different direction."
— Jonathan Bowden