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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/ Unqualified Reservations], neoreactionary blog started by [[Curtis Yarvin]] under the nom de plume Mencius Moldbug
* [http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/ Unqualified Reservations], neoreactionary blog started by [[Curtis Yarvin]] under the nom de plume Mencius Moldbug
* {{cite web |url=http://www.moreright.net/neoreactionary-canon/ |title=Neoreactionary Canon |work=More Right}}, including:
* [http://www.riosmauricio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Hoppe_Democracy_The_God_That_Failed.pdf Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans H. Hoppe]
* Scott Alexander: [http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell Reactionary Philosophy in an Enormous, Planet-Sized Nutshell]; [http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/10/20/the-anti-reactionary-faq/ The Anti-Reactionary FAQ]
** [http://www.riosmauricio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Hoppe_Democracy_The_God_That_Failed.pdf Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans H. Hoppe]
** Scott Alexander: [http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell Reactionary Philosophy in an Enormous, Planet-Sized Nutshell]; [http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/10/20/the-anti-reactionary-faq/ The Anti-Reactionary FAQ]
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thedarkenlightenment.com/the-dark-enlightenment-by-nick-land/ |title=The Dark Enlightenment |author=Land, Nick}}
** {{cite web |url=http://www.thedarkenlightenment.com/the-dark-enlightenment-by-nick-land/ |title=The Dark Enlightenment |author=Land, Nick}}


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The Dark Enlightenment, or neoreactionary movement, or simply neoreaction (abbreviated NRx by proponents), is an anti-democratic and reactionary movement that broadly rejects egalitarianism and Whig historiography. The movement favors a return to older societal constructs and forms of government, including support for monarchism and traditional gender roles, coupled with a libertarian or otherwise right-wing or conservative approach to economics.[1][2] Some critics have labeled the movement as "neo-fascist".[3]

A 2013 TechCrunch article describes the "Neoreactionary" "community of bloggers" as a term applied to, and sometimes a self-description of, an informal group of online political theorists who have been active since the 2000s.[4]

Naming

The term "Dark Enlightenment" was coined by author and philosopher Nick Land as a satirical play on words for the knowledge supposedly gained from the Enlightenment and lost during the Dark Ages.[1][3][4][2][5][6] His essay starts "Neo-reactionaries head for the exit."[7]

The phrase "neo-reactionary" was used in adjectival form by Curtis Yarvin's blog written under the name "Mencius Moldbug" in 2008[8][9] (George Orwell used it in a different context in 1943).[10] Moldbug had originally called his ideology "formalism",[11] but Arnold Kling used the term "The Neo-Reactionaries" in July 2010 to describe Moldbug and fellows[12] and the term was quickly adopted by the subculture.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Pein, Corey (May 19, 2014). "Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich". The Baffler. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Walther, Matthew (January 23, 2014). "The Dark Enlightenment Is Silly Not Scary". The American Spectator. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b Bartlett, Jamie (20 January 2014). "Meet The Dark Enlightenment: sophisticated neo-fascism that's spreading fast on the net". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ a b c Finley, Klint (22 November 2013). "Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries". TechCrunch.
  5. ^ Phillips, Jon (Fall 2014). "Troublesome Sources". Southern Poverty Law Center.
  6. ^ Laliberte, Bryce (November 8, 2013). "It's not racist to seek an 'exit'". The Daily Caller. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  7. ^ Land, Nick. "The Dark Enlightenment".
  8. ^ Moldbug, Mencius (May 1, 2008). "OL3: the Jacobite history of the world". Unqualified Reservations.
  9. ^ Moldbug, Mencius (June 19, 2008). "OLX: a simple sovereign bankruptcy procedure". Unqualified Reservations.
  10. ^ Orwell, George (24 December 1943). "As I Please". Tribune.
  11. ^ Moldbug, Mencius (23 April 2007). "A formalist manifesto". Unqualified Reservations. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  12. ^ Kling, Arnold (18 July 2010). "The Neo-Reactionaries". EconLog. Library of Economics and Liberty. Retrieved 21 June 2015.