[Juenger-list] Anarch - Ubermensch - Katechon

[martin.reichel@surfeu.de (Martin Reichel)]

Liebe Jünger-Freunde!

Bei etwaigen Untersuchungen zum kat'echon sollte auch G. Meuters Studie "Der
Katechon" (there isn't a translation yet) nicht unterschlagen werden. Die
Rätselhaftigkeit dieser ganz eigenen Schmittschen und so gar wenig
paulinischen Gestalt nähert sich der Autor auf erhellende Weise an.
Der Anarch indes erscheint mir mehr ein "Aufhalter" in privatim zu sein als
in politicis; er backt seine Brötchen und treibt in seiner Freizeit, was er
will. Aber mit einem wie Churchill, den Schmitt nach Kriegsende immerhin in
seine Raisonnements für einen möglichen Katechon einbezog - wie Herr Haggman
richtig herausfand (und mir freundlicherweise das Nachschlagen abnahm)-, hat
der Anarch Jüngers nichts zu tun.

Beste Grüße

Martin Reichel

p.s.: If you want to stay a scientist be aware of Schmitt's phantasmagoria.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Henning Herrmann-Trentepohl" <henning.herrmann-trentepohl@web.de>
To: "Leon J. Niemoczynski" <niemoczynski@hotmail.com>;
<juenger-list@juenger.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Juenger-list] Anarch - Ubermensch - Katechon


am 16.07.2002 19:00 Uhr schrieb Leon J. Niemoczynski unter
niemoczynski@hotmail.com:

>
> Greetings,
>
> I was wondering anyone's thoughts on a possible correlation between
> Juenger's Anarch and Carl Schmitt's Katechon (sp). I think comparison
> between Ubermensch and Anarch is obvious, and that relationship still has
> significant depth to comment about as well.
>
> Currently, my theory offers examination of Nietzschean technic dynamics
> forging technological proto-types. This was obviously recast by Juenger in
> what he considered to be non-Renaisaance landscape "magical realism". (The
> idea that deeper but real forces shape culture). What I find interesting
is
> that Nietzschean dynamics very well predicts such forces in terms of the
> will-to-power as nihilism. In turn, both Heidegger and Juenger address the
> will directly by locating the manifestation of technology as a phenomenon;
> i.e, the highest values devaluing themselves in technological forces. Such
> establishes these three thinkers on a unique plain.
>
> My question simply: does the Katechon follow these same guidelines?
>
> What I am attempting to argue is that this type of thinking need not be
used
> to discuss traditional distinctions between the modern or post-modern
> dichotomy, but rather, a completely new type of scientific methodology is
> created, rather inadvertently I believe. In a way phenomenological,  and
in
> another existential. Nevertheless, the undercurrent throughout Nietzsche,
> Heidegger, and Juenger (and Schmitt as well through political discourse?)
> posits a philosophy of technology as scientific realism based on the
> cultural structures of Being. Aside Schmitt I think it is relevant here
also
> to mention Hans Freyer's cultural ontology.
>
> I think it possible to revamp this current in contemporary discussion. It
> was recently remarked that a philosophy of technology actually sounds
> ridiculous in the American or Brittish context, but completely appropriate
> in the German. I think that to be inappropriate in itself. One need not
look
> further than to, say the sciences of engineering, so to see that a
> philosophy of technology easily traverses such boundaries. In any case,
> knowledge of Schmitt's political discourse, as well as thoughts about
> engineering with respect to Nietzschean or Juengerian dynamics would be
> invaluable.
>
> What journals would be recommended for research? I heard the French
> "Tekhemna" covers these subjects in-depth, though I cannot locate a recent
> issue. Any help or comments would be appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Cordially,
> Leon J. Niemoczynski
> East Stroudsburg University
>
>
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Dear Mr. Niemoczynki, dear fellow Juengerians,

there is a rather small booklet by Bernd A. Laska named "'Katechon' and
'Anarch'. Carl Schmitts und Ernst Jüngers Reaktionen auf Max Stirner"
(LSR-Verlag: Nuernberg 1997 and available at amazon.de). I think you will
find many answers there. Maybe many of the similarities between "Katechon '
and 'Anarch' actually can be traced back to Stirner instead of Nietzsche
(who must have read Stirner although there is, alas, no mention of him).

Bernd A. Laska, in my opinion the leading authority on Max Stirner, also
maintains a very interesting homepage which is regularly updated:
- lsr-projekt.de
- lsr-projekt.de/verlag.html


With regards

Dr. Henning Herrmann-Trentepohl
e-mail: henning.herrmann-trentepohl@web.de




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