The organizations & institutions that in a traditional civilization & society would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own & to structure his life in a clear & unambiguous way no longer exist in the contemporary world Everything that has come to predominate in the modern world is the direct antithesis of the world of Tradition in which a society is ruled by principles that transcend the merely human & transitory Ride the Tigerpresents an implacable criticism of the idols structures theories & illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition Evola identifies the type of human capable of riding the tiger who may transform destructive processes into inner liberation He offers hope for those who wish to reembrace Tradition