I recall having come across a "Islamische Zeitung" (or "Islamische Hochschulzeitung") during my student days at Vienna University. Must have been around 1994/95. Two or so issues were distributed freely and I remember that one featured a long article on Juenger, Schmitt and Heidegger (who back in those days were often mentioned together, sometimes even being refered to as "die Trias"). Reading the TAZ article on Juenger & Islamismus I get the feeling that it's the same people ... apparently still at trying to claim Juenger for their cause. > wurde »dem Wucher, sprich Kapitalismus, der Krieg« > erklärt und für die gold- und silbergedeckte > »eigene, globale Währung« der »Muslime«, den Dinar, > geworben. The interesting thing in Juenger is that he rarely commented on economic matters. I don't think he took notice of Hayek, Mises et al. at all. On the other hand, I'm also not aware of any "anti-capitalist" sentiments in his writings (especially his post-WW2 works). In "Der Waldgang" he even praised private initiative as essential for keeping an economy going. On a more general note: That Islam and certain (non-Christian) strains of the "konservative Revolution" click quite well is nothing new. Rene Guenon paved the way here, of course. I have to admit that I never quite understood where the particular political attraction of Islam for certain conservatives in the West lies, but other listmembers are perhaps more competent to comment on this. Juenger, however, seems to me to be someone whose work cannot really be instrumentalised for political purposes in this context. Greetings from New York City, Richard Brem -------------------------- "NYC - Stronger than Ever" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
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