A compact, polemical collection arguing that the 20th-century crisis stems from the loss of transcendent, traditional principles and the triumph of materialism, egalitarianism and mass culture; it attacks liberal democracy and modern ideologies as spiritually bankrupt, calls for a restoration of hierarchical, aristocratic and warrior values rooted in metaphysical truths, and blends cultural criticism, political prescriptions and esoteric reflection to outline a radical alternative to contemporary social and moral order.