Samurai of the West

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A Handbook for Dissidents

“Nature as foundation, excellence as goal, beauty as horizon.”

Samurai of the West is the monumental last testament of Dominique Venner, whose adventurous life and many-faceted works championed the cause of a European renaissance with a style and breadth like no other.

Presented in the unique form of a meditative handbook and breviary, Samurai of the West brings together deep readings of ancient and medieval literature, excursions into forgotten history, and practical advice for upholding one’s bearings in the throes of the modern West. Against the tides of mass immigration, consumerist pseudo-culture, and geopolitical captivity that have debased Europe over the past century, Venner summons today’s Europeans to reignite their spirit by returning to our civilization’s foundational sources and rediscovering the enduring wisdom and ethos of our ancestors.

From the epics of Homer to today’s pressing issues, Venner shows how the existential heights and depths of European thought, art, and action can become a part of our everyday life anew.

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2025-11-01

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Table of Contents

  • Translator’s Note
  • Foreword by Alain de Benoist
  • Prologue
  1. A Samurai of the West
  2. The Metaphysics of the Unlimited
  3. A Detour Through Japan
  4. Our Forgotten Memory
  5. Our Founding Poems
  6. Our Hidden Wisdom
  • Epilogue: The Spirit of the Iliad
  • Practical Advice for Existing and Transmitting
  • The Reasons for a Voluntary Death
  • Eulogy by Alain de Benoist
  • A Brief Biography of the Author
Dominique Venner

Dominique Venner (1935–2013) was a French writer, historian, and man of action. He served as an infantryman during the Algerian War and was subsequently jailed for 18 months for conspiracy against French President Charles de Gaulle. After his release, he launched the movement and publication Europe-Action, later joined by the founder of the New Right organisation GRECE, Alain de Benoist. Venner then devoted himself to historical and metapolitical writing, authoring over fifty books and launching several historical magazines, most notably La Nouvelle Revue d’Histoire. Arktos has published Venner’s The Shock of History, For a Positive Critique, Ernst Jünger: A Different European Destiny, and his final testament, Samurai of the West. (Go to author page)