Anthony Ludovici

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Anthony Ludovici

Anthony Mario Ludovici (born January 8, 1882 , † April 3, 1971 ) was an English philosopher and a social critic influenced by Nietzsche .

Life

Ludovici began his career as an artist , painter and book illustrator. He became the private secretary of the sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917). Later he devoted himself exclusively to writing and translating books. His work comprises more than 40 of his own and over 60 translated works. After the war he became a student of Oscar Levy , editor of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche , the first translation of Nietzsche's works into English. Ludovici contributed several volumes to it.

Together with Norman Thwaites , Trevor Blakemore , Collinson Owen and WA Foyle , he was a member of the Right Book Club's Selection Committee . After the Second World War , Ludovici was quickly forgotten.

thoughts

Perhaps best known is Ludovici as a defender of the aristocracy . In the early 20th century he was a leading British Conservative writer. His works deal with different subject areas. He wrote about metaphysics , politics , economics , religion , the differences between the sexes, race and eugenics, among other things .

In 1936 he had expressed himself enthusiastically about Adolf Hitler . He also publicly expressed his hostility to Jews in his 1938 anti-Semitic work Jews, and the Jews in England under the pseudonym Cobbett.

Works (selection)

  • Who is to be Master of the World? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Edinburgh: TN Foulis, 1909.
  • Nietzsche: His Life and Works (Philosophies Ancient and Modern). London: Constable, 1910. New York: Dodge, 1910.
  • Nietzsche and Art. London: Constable, 1911. Boston: JW Luce, 1912. New York: Haskell House, 1971.
  • A Defense of Aristocracy: A Text-Book for Tories. London: Constable, 1915. Boston: Phillips, 1915. Second edition, London: Constable, 1933.
  • Man's Descent from the Gods: Or, The Complete Case Against Prohibition. London: William Heinemann, 1921. New York: AA Knopf, 1921.
  • The False Assumptions of "Democracy". London: Heath Cranton, 1921.
  • Lysistrata or Woman's Future and Future Woman . London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1923
  • Personal reminiscences of Auguste Rodin. London: Murray 1926
  • Woman: A Vindication. London: Constable, 1923. New York: AA Knopf, 1923. Second edition, London: Constable 1929.
  • A Defense of Conservatism: A Further Text-Book for Tories. London: Faber and Gwyer, 1927.
  • Man: An indication. London: Constable, 1927. New York: EP Dutton, 1927.
  • The Night-Hoers: Or, The Case Against Birth Control and an Alternative. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1928.
  • The Secret of Laughter. London: Constable 1932
  • The Choice of a Mate (The International Library of Sexology and Psychology). London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935.
  • Jews, and the Jews in England (written under the pen-name of Cobbett). London: Boswell, 1938.
  • The Child: An Adult's Problem; First Aid to Parents. London: Carroll and Nicholson, 1948.
  • The Quest of Human Quality: How to Rear Leaders. London: Rider, 1952.
  • Religion for Infidels. London: Holborn, 1961. Excerpts reprinted as "How I came to have lessons with FM Alexander" in The Philosopher's Stone: Diaries of Lessons with F. Matthias Alexander , edited by Jean MO Fischer. London: Mouritz, 1998, pp. 102-108.
  • The Specious Origins of Liberalism: The Genesis of a Delusion . London: Britons, 1967.
  • Day, John V., ed .: The Lost Philosopher: The Best of Anthony M. Ludovici . Educational Translation and Scholarship Foundation, Berkeley, CA 2003, p. 306 pages, ISBN 0-9746264-0-6 . (Anthology)

annotation

  1. ^ Table of contents and preface to Jews, and the Jews in England

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SURNAME Ludovici, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ludovici, Anthony Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English philosopher, sociologist and social critic
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1882
DATE OF DEATH 3rd April 1971