Julius Evola, a key figure in modern fascist philosophy, claims Theravāda Buddhism as metaphysical support for his Aryan racial-spiritual hierarchy. Yet Evola neither refutes nor revises core Theravāda doctrines, including self-dissolution, non-attachment, and the universal accessibility of Nirvana. This paper uses symbolic logic, modal fictionalism, and paraconsistent reasoning to demonstrate that Evola’s system collapses under its own commitments when modeled within hypothetical worlds governed by Theravāda metaphysics. Building on recent research on dialetheism and Buddhist logic, I formalize four unavoidable contradictions that arise from Evola’s simultaneous affirmation of Theravāda metaphysics and racial essentialism. Rather than dismissing these contradictions as trivial, paraconsistent logic tracks and exposes the structural incoherence of Evola’s system on its own terms. Ultimately, Evola’s use of Theravāda Buddhism does not reinforce his self-described "metaphysics of war." Rather, it ensures its self-refutation. This analysis shows how symbolic logic and Buddhist philosophy together dismantle extremist thought from within.
Attached Paper
In-person November Annual Meeting 2025
Symbolic Logics of Violence: Theravāda Dialetheism and the Analytic Self-Refutation of Julius Evola’s Metaphysics of War
Papers Session: Entangled Freedoms, Religion, and Violence
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