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Ernst Jünger was born on this day in 1895.
In commemoration, we are publishing my translation of Alain de Benoist’s important essay on Jünger: “Soldier, Worker, Rebel, Anarch: Types and Figures in Jünger’s Writings.”
We also we wish to draw your attention to the following works previously published on this site.
First, there are two pieces by Jünger himself:
Then there are several other important pieces by Alain de Benoist:
- “Jünger, Heidegger, and Nihilism“
- “Jünger and Drieu La Rochelle“
- “Ernst Jünger and the French New Right“
- “The Jünger-Heidegger Correspondence“
Other works on Jünger include:
- Julius Evola, “East and West — The Gordian Knot“
- Dominique Venner, “Secret Aristocracies“
- Michael O’Meara, “Another European Destiny,” on Dominique Venner’s Ernst Jünger: Un autre destin européen
- Didier Marc, “Two Against Time,” on Julien Hervier’s Deux individus contre l’histoire: Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Ernst Jünger
Jünger is also discussed in the following pieces:
- Julius Evola, “Youth, Beats, and Right-Wing Anarchists,” Part 2
- Robert Steuckers, “Postmodern Challenges: Between Faust and Narcissus,” Part 2
- Robert Steuckers, “Reflections on the Aesthetic and Literary Figure of the Dandy,” Parts 1, 2, and 3
- Interview with Robert Steuckers
- Karlheinz Weißman, “Right-Wing Anarchism“
- Derek Hawthorne, “D. H. Lawrence’s Women in Love,” Parts 3 and 4
- Derek Hawthorne, Review of Julius Evola’s The Metaphysics of War
3 Comments
A great man and interesting author, am reading In storms of steel in German and recommend it to anyone interested in history. Also he had a positive view of Christianity and Catholicism, seing beyond the modernist egalitarian aspects of it, something more people should have.
OT: Greg, out of curiosity, how many languages do you speak/translate?
My French reading and translating skills are very good. My German reading skills are good, but my translation skills have gotten rusty, something I plan work on by translating some German texts. I have been teaching myself some Italian in the process of checking and revising some translations of Evola.