Robert Stark and Matt Pegas speak with Constantin von Hoffmeister about his book Esoteric Trumpism. This is a simulcast with Matt’s New Write podcast. Originally from Germany, Constantin von Hoffmeister studied English Literature and Political Science in New Orleans. Constantin has worked as an author, journalist, translator, editor, and business trainer in the United States, India, Uzbekistan, and Russia, and is the editor in chief of Arktos publishing. Follow Constantin on Twitter and subscribe to his Substack.
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Literary references, including William S. Burroughs, HP Lovecraft, and Edgar Alan PoeMisconceptions about the Beatniks as leftwing (eg Jack Kerouac’s admiration of Oswald Spengler)How the Beats’ disillusionment shows problems with fetishizing 1950s AmericaPhilistinism on the Right and the rise of a new creative culture-focused RightHow America has an underappreciated rich cultural heritageAmerica as an extension of European civilizationRightwing PostmodernismTrump as the great revealer of hidden Lovecraftian horrorsWhy Trump’s political significance is primarily symbolicAddressing criticisms and disappointments with TrumpMeme magicWhy Constantin rejects accelerationismWhy Rightwing multiculturalism or ethnopluralism is the future Constantin’s recent meet up with Robert and Matt in LA, and observation that LA is a model for ethnopluralismWhy Constantin is more optimistic about America’s future than Europe’sUpcoming Arktos projects, including a new translation of Dominque Venner on Ernst Junger, a rightwing critique of Nietzsche, and an art history book