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Historicizing the Historicists:
Notes on Leo Strauss’ “The Living Issues of German Postwar Philosophy,” Part 2

Greg Johnson

Max Weber

4,535 words

Part 1 here

The Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Present Age

Not only does Strauss claim that historicism is a healthy reaction to the intellectual bankruptcy of the modern world, in the next section of his essay, he also attributes this bankruptcy to non-historicist causes.

First, Strauss talks about Max Weber’s Learning and Science as Vocation. He specifically objects to Weber’s claim that reason cannot speak about the ultimate aims of life: Read more …

Published: May 13, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Junger, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giambattista Vico, Greg Johnson, hermeneutics, historicism, Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, Max Weber, North American New Right, originals, phenomenology, philosophy, relativism | 2 Responses

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Historicizing the Historicists:
Notes on Leo Strauss’ “The Living Issues of German Postwar Philosophy,” Part 1

Greg Johnson

3,215 words

Part 1 of 2

Leo Strauss is widely known as a critic of historicism and an advocate of classical philosophy. Historicism holds that philosophical ideas are relative to culture, whereas classical philosophy aims for knowledge of nature, which is not relative to culture. But what is Strauss’s own point of view? Does he base his arguments on historicist or classical philosophical premises? Read more …

Published: May 10, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, hermeneutics, historicism, Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, phenomenology, philosophy, relativism | 3 Responses

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The Man of the Twentieth Century:
Remembering Ernst Jünger,
March 29, 1895–February 17, 1998

John Morgan

3,553 words

Hungarian translation here; Czech translation here

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Video of the Day
“Ernst Jünger, 102 Years in the Heart of Europe”
(Swedish documentary with English subtitles)

Video of the Day

32 words / 57:32

A Swedish documentary, with English subtitles, about the life and ideas of Ernst Jünger, including extensive interviews with him that were made only a year prior to his death at age 102. Read more …

Published: March 29, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, Ernst Junger, First World War, national bolshevism, North American New Right, psychedelic drugs, Second World War, Third Reich, video of the day | 1 Response

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The Man of the Twentieth Century:
Remembering Ernst Jünger,
March 29, 1895–February 17, 1998

John Morgan

3,545 words

Hungarian translation here; Czech translation here

Published: March 29, 2018 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio, North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, articles, commemorations, Ernst Junger, First World War, John Morgan, national bolshevism, North American New Right, psychedelic drugs, reprints, Second World War, Third Reich | 4 Responses

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Muž dvacátého století: vzpomínáme na Ernsta Jüngera (1895-1998)

John Morgan

2,860 slov

English original here; Hungarian translation here

Kdybych mohl být kýmkoliv z dvacátého století, ani na vteřinu bych neváhal s volbou Ernsta Jüngera. Tento muž totiž ve svém vymezeném čase vyzkoušel takřka všechno a napnul hranice toho, čeho může jednotlivec v životě dosáhnout, až na úplné maximum. Jeho nesmírně dlouhý život (zemřel měsíc před svými 103. narozeninami) překlenul Kaiserreich, německou revoluci, Výmarskou republiku, Třetí říši, Spolkovou republiku Německo a konečně v poslední dekádě jeho života také sjednocené Německo – a v každém z těchto období aktivně působil. Read more …

Published: March 29, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, articles, commemorations, Ernst Junger, First World War, in Czech, national bolshevism, North American New Right, psychedelic drugs, reprints, Second World War, Third Reich | Leave a comment

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Video of the Day
“Ernst Jünger, 102 Years in the Heart of Europe”
(Swedish documentary with English subtitles)

Video of the Day

32 words / 57:32

A Swedish documentary, with English subtitles, about the life and ideas of Ernst Jünger, including extensive interviews with him that were made only a year prior to his death at age 102.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ju5HFoD20U

Published: March 29, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, Ernst Junger, First World War, national bolshevism, North American New Right, psychedelic drugs, Second World War, Third Reich, video of the day | 1 Response

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Férfi a XX. században
Ernst Jünger emlékezete 1895. március 29. — 1998. február 17.

John Morgan

2,721 words

English original; Czech version

Ha választhatnék, hogy melyik XX. századi személyiség életét éljem újra, nem kellene sokáig gondolkodnom. Ernst Jünger szinte mindent átélt, amit a században lehetett, és elment a végső határig abban, amit valaki egy földi pályafutás során elérhet. Egy hónappal a százharmadik születésnapja előtt halt meg – elképesztően hosszú életkora átfogta a Német Császárság, az I. világháború utáni német forradalom, a Weimari Köztársaság, a Harmadik Birodalom és a Német Szövetségi Köztársaság korszakát. Végül élete utolsó évtizedében láthatta az újraegyesült Németországot is, és mindvégig aktívan tevékenykedett.

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The Man of the Twentieth Century:
Remembering Ernst Jünger,
March 29, 1895-February 17, 1998

John Morgan

3,524 words

Hungarian translation here; Czech translation here

If I could choose to be anyone from the twentieth century, I would not hesitate for a moment to pick Ernst Jünger. The man did just about everything it was possible to do in his time, and stretched the limits of what one individual can accomplish in a lifetime to their breaking point. His incredible lifespan alone (he died a month shy of his 103rd birthday) spanned the Kaiserreich, the German Revolution, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany, and finally, reunited Germany in his final decade – Read more …

Published: March 29, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, articles, commemorations, Ernst Junger, First World War, John Morgan, national bolshevism, North American New Right, originals, psychedelic drugs, Second World War, Third Reich | 12 Responses

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Ernst von Salomon’s The Outlaws & It Cannot be Stormed

Anonymous

1,433 words

Ernst von Salomon
The Outlaws
London: Arktos, 2013

Ernst von Salomon
It Cannot Be Stormed
London: Arktos, 2011

I thoroughly enjoyed reading both of these novels by Ernst von Salomon, a German writer, Conservative Revolutionary, and Freikorps member Read more …

Published: January 4, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Communism, Ernst von Salomon, Freikorps, Germany, literature, national bolshevism, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals | 3 Responses

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Forward — Into the Past!
Circling the Cosmos with Herr Prof. Dr. Ludwig Klages

James J. O'Meara

6,352 words

Ludwig Klages
The Biocentric Worldview: Selected Essays and Poems of Ludwig Klages
Translated and introduced by Joseph Pryce
London: Arktos, 2013

Ludwig Klages
Cosmogonic Reflections: Selected Aphorisms from Ludwig Klages
Translated and introduced by Joseph Pryce
London: Arktos, 2015 Read more …

Published: July 7, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alfred Rosenberg, biocentrism, book reviews, Christianity, decadence, Friedrich Nietzsche, homosexuality, James J. O'Meara, Julius Evola, Ludwig Klages, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Stefan George, Ted Kaczynski, the Jewish question, Thomas Mann, Traditionalism | 4 Responses

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Dugin on Heidegger

Greg Johnson

3,093 words

Spanish translation here

Alexander Dugin
Martin Heidegger: The Philosophy of Another Beginning
Ed. and trans. Nina Kouprianova
Preface by Paul E. Gottfried
Whitefish, Mt.: Radix, 2014

Martin Heidegger is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Read more …

Published: November 20, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, book reviews, Edmund Husserl, Greg Johnson, Martin Heidegger, modernity, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, phenomenology, philosophy | 3 Responses

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The Revolutionary Conservative Critique of Oswald Spengler

Lucian Tudor

Oswald Spengler

2,727 words

Oswald Spengler is by now well-known as one of the major thinkers of the German Conservative Revolution of the early 20th Century. In fact, he is frequently cited as having been one of the most determining intellectual influences on German Conservatism of the interwar period – along with Arthur Moeller van den Bruck and Ernst Jünger – to the point where his cultural pessimist philosophy is seen to be representative of Revolutionary Conservative views in general (although in reality most Revolutionary Conservatives held more optimistic views).[1] Read more …

Published: November 14, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, articles, cyclical history, European New Right, Hans Freyer, Julius Evola, Lucian Tudor, North American New Right, optimism, Oswald Spengler, pessimism, philosophy of culture, philosophy of history, Pierre Krebs, reprints, Traditionalism | Leave a comment

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Leo Strauss, the Conservative Revolution, & National Socialism, Part 3

Greg Johnson

3,373 words

Part 3 of 3

Editor’s Note:

Leo Strauss

In the previous installment of this series, I examined Leo Strauss’s argument that the roots of what he called “German nihilism” — including National Socialism — were not nihilistic. Instead, it is rooted in a moral critique of the modern world. In this installment, I examine his argument that these non-nihilistic motives gave rise to nihilism because of certain contingent historical circumstances. Read more …

Published: August 8, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, fascism, Friedrich Nietzsche, G. W. F. Hegel, Greg Johnson, historicism, Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, National Socialism, nihilism, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, Paul Gottfried, philosophy, relativism, the Jewish question | 13 Responses

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Othmar Spann:
A Catholic Radical Traditionalist

Lucian Tudor

Othmar Spann, October 1, 1878–July 8, 1950

4,964 words

Othmar Spann was an Austrian philosopher who was a key influence on German conservative and traditionalist thought in the period after World War I, and he is thus considered a representative of the intellectual movement known as the “Conservative Revolution.” Spann was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Vienna, where he taught not only scientific social and economic theories, but also influenced many students with the presentation of his worldview in his lectures. Read more …

Published: March 19, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, articles, Austria, Catholicism, Christianity, collectivism, elitism, individualism, Julius Evola, liberalism, Lucian Tudor, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, philosophy of culture, populism, race, sociology, the Conservative Revolution, Third Way economics | 11 Responses

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Leo Strauss, the Conservative Revolution, & National Socialism, Part 2

Greg Johnson

Leo Strauss

2,566 words

Part 2 of 3

Editor’s Note:

The second installment of this essay was delayed because I had to acquire, read, and digest a major new book before I could move forward: William F. Altman’s The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2012), which argues that Strauss was indeed a kind of “Nazi” Jew Read more …

Published: March 13, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Carl Schmitt, fascism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals | 3 Responses

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Hans Freyer:
The Quest for Collective Meaning

Lucian Tudor

Hans Freyer, 1887–1969

4,043 words

Hans Freyer was an influential German sociologist who lived during the early half of the 20th century and is associated not only with his role in the development of sociology in German academia but also with the “Far Right.” Freyer was part of the intellectual trend known in Germany during the 1920s and 30s as the Conservative Revolution, and had also worked in universities under the Third Reich government for much of its reign, although it should be clear that Freyer was never an “orthodox” National Socialist.[1] Read more …

Published: February 22, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Hans Freyer, Lucian Tudor, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, philosophy of culture, sociology | 11 Responses

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Leo Strauss, the Conservative Revolution, & National Socialism, Part 1

Greg Johnson

2,992 words

Part 1 of 3

“What [Walter Moses] calls ‘political’ is the political in the ancient sense of the word, rather than in the modern sense that is relevant for us. What is hidden behind this absolute negation of the sphere of the ‘private’ is not a modern Leviathan, but rather its pagan-fascist counterpart . . .”

—Leo Strauss, 1923[1]

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Black Metal:
Revolução Conservadora na Cultura Popular Moderna

Alex Kurtagić

5,371 words

English original here

Do ponto-de-vista do nacionalismo racial, o gênero musical conhecido como Black Metal é um dos fenômenos culturais populares mais significativos das últimas duas décadas. Porém, ele pouco tem sido discutido por acadêmicos e comentaristas politicamente simpáticos. Read more …

Published: January 26, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Kurtagic, articles, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, in Portuguese, in translation, National Socialism, neo-paganism, North American New Right, popular music, reprints, Satanism, white nationalism, white subcultures | Leave a comment

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The Stark Truth
Robert Stark Interviews Alexander Jacob

Counter-Currents Radio

52:11/ 181 words

Editor’s Note:

We apologize for the audio quality of Dr. Jacob’s telephone connection which makes it hard to understand his accent. But bear with us, because this is a very interesting interview.

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Arthur Moeller van den Bruck:
The Man & His Thought

Lucian Tudor

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, April 23, 1876–May 30, 1925

4,461 words

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck was one of the most important, perhaps even the single most important, figure of what is known as the “Conservative Revolution” in early 20th century Germany. His influence on conservative German thought, despite its limitations, is deep and lasting, carrying on even into the present day. Indeed there may be some truth to the mystical declaration made by his wife: “In trying to account for the question who was Moeller van den Bruck, you are really addressing a question to Germany’s destiny.”[1] Read more …

Published: August 17, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, articles, conservatism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Germany, Karl Marx, Lucian Tudor, National Socialism, nationalism, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, socialism, World War I | 16 Responses

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Nová Evropa Otto Strassera, první část

Kerry Bolton

1,465 words

English original here

Zatímco různá pojetí Evropské jednoty, která nám nastínil Francis Parker Yockey, Sir Oswald Mosley, Jean Thiriart a poměrně obskurně i Julius Evola Read more …

Published: August 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, European unity, Francis Parker Yockey, Gregor Strasser, in Czech, in translation, Jean Thiriart, Julius Evola, Kerry Bolton, North American New Right, Otto Strasser, reprints, Sir Oswald Mosley, socialism, the racially conscious left | Leave a comment

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The German Conservative
Revolution & Its Legacy

Lucian Tudor

Ludwig Klages, 1872–1956

5,632 words

During the years between World War I and the establishment of the Third Reich, the political, economic, and social crises which Germany suddenly experienced as a result of its defeat in the First World War gave rise to a movement known as the “Conservative Revolution,” which is also commonly referred to as the “Conservative Revolutionary Movement,” with its members sometimes called “Revolutionary Conservatives” or even “Neoconservatives.” Read more …

Published: August 14, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, articles, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Junger, Ernst Niekisch, fascism, geopolitics, Germany, Karl Haushofer, Lucian Tudor, Ludwig Klages, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, philosophy, political philosophy, Stefan George, Werner Sombart | 12 Responses

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Oswald Spengler:
May 29, 1880–May 8, 1936

Kerry Bolton

4,970 words

For the Right, one might disagree with Oswald Spengler, but one cannot ignore him. Of course, for the Left and orthodox academia, the simplistic option is to ignore him. Spengler continues to pose a challenge, and his great questions of our epoch have yet to be fully answered. But it is essential that the questions are at least asked.

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The Heritage of Europe’s “Revolutionary Conservative Movement”:
A Conversation with Swiss Historian Armin Mohler

Ian B. Warren

Armin Mohler, by Hugo Weber, 1940

5,451 words

Introduction

Following the aftermath of the cataclysmic defeat of Germany and her Axis partners in the Second World War, exhausted Europe came under the hegemony of the victorious Allied powers — above all the United States and Soviet Russia. Read more …

Published: April 17, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Armin Mohler, Germany, interviews, National Socialism, North American New Right, reprints | 5 Responses

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Video of the Day
Ernst Jünger at Ninety (In Three Parts)

Video of the Day

Part One: 14:47, Part Two: 14:28, Part 3: 12:26

Published: March 29, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Ernst Junger, literature, National Socialism, on Jünger, video of the day, videos, World War I, World War II | 1 Response

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New in Stock!
It Cannot Be Stormed

Ernst von Salomon

London: Arktos, 2011
264 pages

only in paperback: $20

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This is the story of the disaffected intellectual Iversen, who runs a small newspaper in Weimar Germany during the 1920s. Read more …

Published: March 14, 2012 | Posted in Legacy Book Product, North American New Right | Also tagged Ernst von Salomon, fiction | 1 Response

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Ernst Jünger e O Trabalhadorr:
Uma trajetória vital e intelectual entre os deuses e os titãs

Alain de Benoist

Ernst Jünger and his brother Friedrich Georg Jünger

3,510 words

English version, Part 1 and Part 2

Ao evocar O Trabalhador, ao mesmo tempo que a primeira versão de Coração Aventureiro, o ensaísta Armin Mohler, Read more …

Published: January 29, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Ernst Junger, Friedrich Georg Jünger, Friedrich Nietzsche, in Portuguese, in translation, North American New Right, on Jünger, originals, Oswald Spengler, the Weimar Republic, World War One | Leave a comment

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Desafios Pós-modernos:
Entre Fausto & Narciso

Robert Steuckers

5,503 words

Tradução: para o inglês por Greg Johnson
[Para o português pela Equipe Yrminsul]

Parte 1

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Листування Юнґера з Гайдеґґером

Alain de Benoist

1,113 words

English original here

Коли двоє великих людей – і яких людей, безумовно найвидатніший філософ двадцятого століття і один з найвпливовіших письменників – листуються між собою, що саме воно обговорюють? Read more …