Reactionary Traditionalism
Reactionary traditionalism rejects modernity, including liberalism, democracy, secularism and industrial society, and seeks to restore a hierarchical order grounded in religion and tradition. It looks to a pre-modern past as a model.
- Modern liberal democracy and secularism are signs of decline.
- Society should be ordered hierarchically, with spiritual authority at its head.
- Tradition and religious truth take precedence over individual choice.
Joseph de Maistre and Louis de Bonald attacked the French Revolution and defended throne and altar. In the twentieth century, thinkers such as René Guénon and Julius Evola developed a "traditionalist" critique of the modern world. Similar positions appear in some contemporary religious and online movements.
Critics argue that it idealises a past marked by inequality and oppression and is hostile to human rights. Some of its thinkers, such as Evola, were associated with fascism.
Countries and historical regimes whose 12-axis profile is closer to Reactionary Traditionalism than to any other ideology in the test.
Historical regimes
Reactionary Traditionalism is also the second-closest ideology for: Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire.
Method: each ideology is placed at a typical position on the 12 axes, scored from 0 to 100 toward the first pole. Ranks compare it with the other 45 ideologies; matches are 100 minus the average distance across all axes. The positions are our own calibration, not taken from any third-party source.