Abstract

This article is devoted to the problem of comparison and prospects of synthesis libertarian conservatism and traditionalism. Traditionalist conservatism is often opposed to libertarian conservatism. These two forms of conservatism are kind of antithesis but with proper analysis it is easy to see that a consistent libertarian position can lead to conclusions similar to the position of traditionalists. Active philosophical and ideological search of modern conservatives of the different areas require careful philosophical reflection. The idea of comparison or, moreover, a combination of conservative libertarianism and traditionalism is new. There are no works on this issue at the moment. But there is sufficient number of published works of traditionalist ideologists and somewhat less amount of libertarian ideologists’ work, that allows us to study the problem. They are, primarily, the works of the philosopher-traditionalist Julius Evola devoted to social and philosophical issues. These include such his works as: «Men among the Ruins», «Orientations», «Fascism: Viewed from the Right», «Pagan Imperialism», certain articles of different years. From the conservative-libertarian side the main source should be considered as the works of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, especially his works «Democracy: The God that Failed», «Natural elite, intellectuals and the state». The specific objective is to attempt to compare the main ideas of Hoppe and Evola as representative members of two directions and to understand the prospects for the synthesis of the two approaches. Romantic traditionalism that appeals to the values of Sacred Tradition and wisdom of ancestors, idealization of the age of traditional society, at first glance, is badly harmonyzie with the ideas of the Austrian School of Economics, which, on the contrast, is focused on the values of rational egoism, pragmatism, the free market and maximum freedom in its most radical libertarian sense. But only at first glance. One of the leading figures of modern Austrian school, known libertarian philosopher, Hans-Hermann Hoppe appreciates some aspects of traditional society and in his works there can be traced some explicit parallels with the ideas of the traditionalists. Consistently there are analyzed the views of Hoppe and Evola on a number of socio-philosophical and philosophical-historical problems. At the end the following conclusions are made: 1) Basic views on the optimal social order is quite similar in the case of Hoppe and Evola. 2) Evola and Hoppe are elitists. 3) Hoppe and Evola see history as a setback but theor pessimism is not absolute. 4) They are repelled, in many respects, from the opposite positions, but come to the similar conclusions. 5) Perspectives of synthesis of traditionalistic and libertarian conservatism is very real but remains as a question.