Remembering Ernst Jünger:
March 29, 1895–February 17, 1998

Arno Breker's portrait of Ernst Jünger

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Ernst Jünger was born on this day in 1895.

In commemoration, we wish to draw your attention to the following works published on this site.

First, there are two pieces by Jünger himself:

• On Danger
• Sicilian Letter to the Man in the Moon

Then there are several important pieces by Alain de Benoist:

• Jünger, Heidegger, and Nihilism
• Soldier, Worker, Rebel, Anarch: Types and Figures in Jünger’s Writings
• Jünger and Drieu La Rochelle
• Ernst Jünger and the French New Right
• The Jünger-Heidegger Correspondence
• Ernst Jünger: The Figure of The Worker Between the Gods & the Titans, Part 1
• Ernst Jünger: The Figure of The Worker Between the Gods & the Titans, Part 2

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