--part1_d7.15b70371.29e2fe53_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings all, If I may be allowed to quote from two of Richard's postings: << [T]hese "mystical" aspects form an integral and essential part of=20 Juenger's philosophy. There's no way of ignoring or belittling them. [...]=20 You miss the point completely. Juenger is not about "Realpolitik" [...] and=20 to use the term "business" in connection with Juenger is, let's say,=20 problematic as well. >> For what it's worth, I agree entirely. To view J=FCnger as some kind of=20 political analyst not only misses the point, but also belittles the man and=20 his work. The mystical elements that beat at the heart of EJ's ouevre are,=20= I=20 believe, more than simple imagery, but are indicative of a tendency towards=20= a=20 kind of spiritualised romanticism and a highly indvidualistic=20 "Innerlichkeit". J=FCnger may have addressed contemporary issues, but he=20 always did so from a trans-temporal perspective, which was informed by his=20 interest in the atavistic and the mythical. Even the most cursory glance at= =20 the writings produced during his hotly debated nationalist phase reveals an=20 attitude far removed from "Realpolitik". EJ constantly places emphasis on=20 the irrational, "spiritual" aspects of life. I feel that his dynmaic,=20 vitalistic language, whilst rooted in the "jugendbewegt" Lebensphilosophie s= o=20 beloved of the Conservative Revolution, indicates clearly the metaphysical=20 nature of J=FCnger's thought. A few brief examples: the New Man described i= n=20 "Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis" may portray an actual historical "type", bu= t=20 it is couched in spiritual, transcendental terminology. This results in the= =20 ex-Frontk=E4mpfer being mythologised to the point of apotheosis. Did not th= e=20 "political" J=FCnger constantly talk of listening to the instict, to the blo= od,=20 rather than to the cold, soulless rationality of the hated, bourgeois=20 Kaiserreich? What are the proto-psychedelic landscapes of "In=20 Stahlgewittern" if not a dream-like, almost drunken impression of something=20 that occurred in time and space? Anyway, time is against me, so... just my two Pfennigs! In Amicitia, Nick. --part1_d7.15b70371.29e2fe53_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2>Greetings all, <BR> <BR>If I may be allowed to quote from two of Richard's postings: <BR> <BR><< [T]hese "mystical" aspects form an integral and essential part=20= of Juenger's philosophy. There's no way of ignoring or belittling them. &nbs= p;[...] You miss the point completely. Juenger is not about "Realpolitik" [.= ..] and to use the term "business" in connection with Juenger is, let's say,= problematic as well. >> <BR> <BR>For what it's worth, I agree entirely. To view J=FCnger as some ki= nd of political analyst not only misses the point, but also belittles the ma= n and his work. The mystical elements that beat at the heart of EJ's o= uevre are, I believe, more than simple imagery, but are indicative of a tend= ency towards a kind of spiritualised romanticism and a highly indvidualistic= "Innerlichkeit". J=FCnger may have addressed contemporary issues, but= he always did so from a trans-temporal perspective, which was informed by h= is interest in the atavistic and the mythical. Even the most cursory g= lance at the writings produced during his hotly debated nationalist phase re= veals an attitude far removed from "Realpolitik". EJ constantly places= emphasis on the irrational, "spiritual" aspects of life. I feel that=20= his dynmaic, vitalistic language, whilst rooted in the "jugendbewegt" Lebens= philosophie so beloved of the Conservative Revolution, indicates clearly the= metaphysical nature of J=FCnger's thought. A few brief examples: the=20= New Man described in "Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis" may portray an actual=20= historical "type", but it is couched in spiritual, transcendental terminolog= y. This results in the ex-Frontk=E4mpfer being mythologised to the poi= nt of apotheosis. Did not the "political" J=FCnger constantly talk of=20= listening to the instict, to the blood, rather than to the cold, soulless ra= tionality of the hated, bourgeois Kaiserreich? What are the proto-psyc= hedelic landscapes of "In Stahlgewittern" if not a dream-like, almost drunke= n impression of something that occurred in time and space? <BR> <BR>Anyway, time is against me, so... just my two Pfennigs! <BR> <BR>In Amicitia, <BR> <BR>Nick. <BR></FONT></HTML> --part1_d7.15b70371.29e2fe53_boundary--
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