[Juenger-list] Ernst Juenger - The Globalist

[mvk575b@tninet.se (Bertil Haggman)]

All I can say is that I don't share your perspective,
but I defend your right to apply any perspective
you wish.

As all other works of Juenger, these never loose their
actuality. _Der Weltstaat_ would have to be compared
to other works of Ernst Juenger. As you may have noted
I have in earlier contributions related the 1960 book
to globalization, so what you state below is not new to
the list.

The changing of Juenger's view is what makes his=20
writing so important and what you write is not new
to this list either.

No, I don't thought you would participate in the particular
discussion of Juenger's more global views, but that might
be just as well and we can leave the entomological perspective
to you. I wish you good luck and am sure that you will
remain a contributor to the list  with great knowledge of
Juenger, although lately, I must admit, I haven't seen much
by your esteemed hand here.

With Juengerian wishes

Bertil


> I'd also ask you to keep it all in a historical perspective -- Juenger =
wrote
> "Der Weltstaat" in 1960, in a bi-polar world, to draw attention to
> developments and more abstract forces like technology causing =
upheavals in
> society that transcend national or ideological boundaries and will
> eventually find a reflection on a political level as well. I think =
Juenger's
> term "Weltstaat" (deliberately vague as it is) is meant to describe =
what
> these days is called "globalization" and perceived mainly in an =
economic
> context. As I pointed out in my last posting, it's also important to =
take
> into account here that Juenger over the decades shifted to a
> non-anthropocentric and more New Agey perspective (it's not a dramatic
> shift, though, as the concept of "Erdrevolution" or "Erdvergeistigung" =
can
> already be found in "An der Zeitmauer", published in 1959).
>=20
> To be brutally honest, I see little potential to extract from a book =
like
> "Der Weltstaat" written more than 40 years ago and the few sparse =
remarks in
> Juenger's books explicitly dealing with political issues since then a
> coherent theory that would explain the global geostrategical situation =
we're
> in at the moment. But you can of course discuss Paul Kennedy "in the =
light
> of Juengerian views of the possibility of a world-state" with others =
on this
> list. Please do. Just don't expect me to participate in such a =
discussion.