SV: "Die Konservative Revolution"

["Bertil Häggman" <bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se>]

>recently I bought the 1950's first edition of Armin Mohler's "Die
>Konservative Revolution". Before I start reading I would like to ask all
>you EJ experts about your opinion: are the statements of the book still
>relevant or is it completely obsolete after nearly fifty years? What do
>you think are the special merits of this book (Mohler's Ph.D. thesis as
>I learned)?


I am the owner of the 1972 edition. Guess
most of the difference is many additions.
The 1972 is 554 pages.

What fascinates me is Dr. Mohler's attempt
to make "eternal recurrance" a main theme
of the Conservative revolution (se A 3.6,
"Grosse Mittag".

M. quotes several fine poems. Here
is part of FGJ's twelfth poem in
"Perlenschnur":

"Es dreht sich das Wasser
in slibernem Kranz.
Nie endet der Kreis,
Nie endet der Tanaz.

Hinauf, hinab
In ewigem Gang
Gehen die Wasser
Geht der Gesang.

Ein jeder Tropfen
Von deinem Blut
Okeanos ist er,
Der niemals ruht"

Mohler in A 3.8:

"Wir haben zu zeigen versucht, wie ein Weltbild
Gestalt annimmt. Wir umschrieben, wie sich dem
durch Jahrhunderte Gueltigen linearen Weltbild
ein voellig andersartiges Weltbild, das der 
Wiederkehr, entgegenzustellen beginnt. Das alles
ist weit entfernt von der Politik und den politischen
Ideologien, denen unsere Untersuchung gilt."

(p. 109)

Important is also to note Mohler on p. 113.
"Widerkehr" is often incorrcetly understood
as some sort of wandering of the soul. But here
it means that a part returns again into the whole
and again can leave the whole and appear as
a part. The part changes, but the whole remains.
The Nietsche use of "Wiederkegr des Gleichen"
can be deceptive as an attempt of analysis is
made.

All in all Mohler's book is fascinating.
Have a good read.

Best wishes

Bertil