European Imperium
European Imperium, or Western Imperium is a hypothetical Western civilization-state encompassing whole Europe. It was first proposed by Francis Parker Yockеy in his book Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics.
Origin of the concept[edit]
The concept was first elaborated by Francis Parker Yockey in his book Impеrium: The Philosophy of History and Politics. Yockey followed the philosophy of Oswald Spengler, but unlike Spengler argued that the Western culture was yet to reach its pinnacle and "the greatest age of all". He anticipated the emergence of European Empire, which he called European Imperium. Yockey anticipated the "Age of Absolute Politics", in which the culture becomes the motive force of the world-politics. While in the past it was possible for empires with strong sea-power to secure domination through control of few strong-points along the coasts, in this age the whole world population (including hinterland) becomes politically active and empires will need strong land-power (armies) as a basis for their power. He argued that maritime powers will no longer be able compete with land-based powers.[1][2][3] In this age, the scale of political activity becomes planetary, which means that small units can no longer participate in politics, only Great Powers with a large geographic basis.
Yockey argued that the World War II ultimately resulted in the defeat of Europe and its occupation and division by "extra-European forces" - the United States and Soviet Union. Convinced that it would be impossible for Europeans to regain their sovereignty unless they acted in concert, Yockey argued that the upcoming age and destiny of Western culture demanded the mobilization of its forces in powerful European Imperium since Europe could effectively resist "extra-European forces" only as a united force. Yockey asserted that the history has been developing according to Triadic law of Hegel and Fichte: thesis was nation as a dynastic unit in the Middle Ages, antithesis was nation as a linguistic unit in the 19th century, while Imperium - nation as a cultural unit - was synthesis.[4] He declared that "The nations are dead, for Europe is born", although envisioned Western Imperium still compatible with regional autonomy.[5]
Yockey envisioned European Imperium as a world empire which would "plant the Western banner on the highest peaks and the most remote peninsulas".[6]
He argued that Germany had been destined to unite Europe into one empire, and saw Third Reich's efforts as first attempt to build Imperium, frustrated by the United States, particularly by pressure it exerted to prevent the ratification of Four-Power Pact and sabotage the mutual English-German renunciation of war.[7]
Further development[edit]
In the early 1990s [avid Myatt published pamphlets,[8] which argued that the rise of the Fourth Reich in Germany would pave the way for the establishment of the Western Imperium, a pan-Aryan world empire encompassing all land populated by predominantly European-descended peoples (i.e., Europe, Russia, Anglo-America, Australia, New Zealand, and White South Africa).[9] The Imperium should commence in the period 1990-2011 and last until 2390 A.D.[10] The establishment of Imperium will be led by Vindex, a Caesar-avenger figure.[10]
The concept has been compared with Oswald Mosley's Europe a Nation.[11] It formed the foundation of pan-European nationalism.
Imperium Europa is a Maltese political party which states as its primary aim to unite Europe into one political entity. As stated in its program, its goal is to unite all European natives under one flag, hence the name "Imperium Europa", leading to "a Europid bond forged through spirituality closely followed by race, nurtured through high culture, protected by high politics, enforced by the elite." This formulation synthetizes the ideas of Francis Parker Yockey with Cosmotheism.
Territory[edit]
Yockey envisioned European Imperium spanning from "Gibraltar to North Cape, and from the rocky promontories of Galway to the Urals."
See also[edit]
- Fourth Reich
- Francis Parker Yockey
- Geopolitics
- Oswald Spengler
- Western civilization
- World domination
References[edit]
- ↑ Varange, Ulick (1948). Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics. Westropa Press. Search this book on
p. 319
- ↑ Varange, Ulick (1948). Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics. Westropa Press. Search this book on p. 305
- ↑ Varange, Ulick (1953). The Enemy of Europe. Search this book on p. 22
- ↑ Varange, Ulick (1948). Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics. Westropa Press. Search this book on p. 192
- ↑ Bassin, Mark (2022). "Real Europe" Civilizationism and the Far Right in Eastern Europe (PDF). Södertörn, Sweden: Södertörn University. Search this book on
- ↑ Coogan, Kevin (1998). Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International. New York: Autonomedia. ISBN 1-57027-039-2. Search this book on
- ↑ Varange, Ulick (1953). The Enemy of Europe. Search this book on p. 12-13
- ↑ These writings of Myatt included the 14 pamphlets in his Thormynd Press National-Socialist Series, most of which were republished by Liberty Bell Publications (Reedy, Virginia) in the 1990s, and essays such as Towards Destiny: Creating a New National-Socialist Reich [archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20040712101315/http://www.geocities.com/myattns/newreich.html] and a constitution for the 'fourth Reich' [archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20041208070520/http://www.geocities.com/myattns/cons_reich.html]
- ↑ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2002). "Chapter 4: Imperium and the New Atlantis; Chapter 11: Nazi Satanism and the New Aeon". Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and The Politics of Identity. New York: N.Y. University Press. ISBN 978-0814731550. Search this book on
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Goodrick-Clarke 2002, pp. 220.
- ↑ Coogan, Keith (2003). "Lost Imperium: the English Liberation Front (1949-54)". Patterns of Prejudice. Routledge. 36 (3): 11.
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