Re: What exactly is désinvolture?

[Ulrich Oswald <dear@ulri.ch>]

Gary Kern wrote:
> 
> A RIDDLE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE ERNST JÜNGER LIST:
> 
> We have all talked about désinvolture, but are we agreed on what it
> means?  Does the concept, for instance, contain principles for the right
> way to live?  Or is it just an attitude?
> 

Coming to think of it: Offering your left cheek to your adversary after
being hit onto the right is also a kind of désinvolture, is it not? And
a very strong principle too, and no attitude. 

Ulrich