\"Propaganda Aliada con Exageraciones y Falsificaciones\". Racismo, antisemitismo y negacionismo en Julius Evola y sus seguidores argentinos

After the end of the Second World War,Julius Evola returned to Italy to offer “orientamenti”to the “men who still standamongst the ruins”. From his Romanapartment, this aristocrat acted as a pubblicista,spreading his traditionalist ideasthrough books and journals. One of hisstrategies consisted in differentiating himselffrom the fallen regimes: discussionsheld years before with “official” intellectualswere recovered by Evola to prove thesuperiority of his doctrine. In this fashion,he stated that his racism was “spiritualist”instead of “materialist” and “biologicist”,implying that it should be separated fromthe “racial scientists”, the persecutionsand the extermination camps. However,the distinction had clear limits: the“magical Baron” not only upheld hisracist worldview, but also reaffirmed hisdeep-held antisemitism and adopted contradictorypositions when considering theHolocaust. These ambiguities were reflectedon the uses that, beginning in the 80’s,some circles linked with the enduringRight-wing Argentinian nationalism madeof Evola. The circulation of his ideas leadto the appearance of El Fortín, the firstlocal publication which proclaimed itself“evolian”. From its pages, the contributorsarticulated a “Traditional and alternative”view on domestic politics and the internationalarena. Through this case, this articlewill scrutinize how Evola was receivedby his Argentinian followers and will takeinto account, at the same time, how racism,antisemitism and negationism developedin end-of-century nationalism.