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October 6, 2015

STURM by Ernst Jünger available in English from Telos Press

In Book review, Jünger Texts, Translations

October 6, 2015

06October

from the Telos Press website…: Sturm by Ernst Jünger Translated by Alexis P. WalkerWith an Introduction by David Pan Set in 1916 in the days before the Somme offensive, Ernst Jünger’s Sturm provides a vivid portrait of the front-line experiences of four German infantry officers and their company. A highly cultivated man and an acute observer of his era, the eponymous Lieutenant Sturm...

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November 11, 2011

Ausstellung: “Über Bäume und Gestein – Albert Renger-Patzsch und Ernst Jünger” – Aus der Münchener Abendzeitung

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November 11, 2011

11November

Fotografie: Auf den Marmorklippen unter der Weltesche Von Christa Sigg, aktualisiert am 06.11.2011 um 18:55 Albert Renger-Patzsch, Astwerk einer Solitärfichte, ca. 1960, Albert Renger-Patzsch Archiv | Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Pinakothek der Moderne © Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Zülpich / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn In der Pinakothek der Moderne ist die Fotografie-Ausstellung „Über Bäume und Gestein...

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July 21, 2011

Titanism 101

In Jünger Texts, Jüngerian Reflections

July 21, 2011

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21July

The titanic orientation of our contemporary humanity is a theme continually referred to and explained by Ernst Jünger and his brother Friedrich Georg. It might be useful to readers to have their vision applied in simple form to a few concrete aspects of our modern world. According to one interpretation, the etymology of the ancient Greek word “titan” expresses the notion of an...

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April 21, 2008

Personal happiness and the anarch

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April 21, 2008

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21April

“It is no coincidence that precisely when things started going downhill with the gods, politics gained its bliss-making character.There would be no reason for objecting to this, since the gods, too were not exactly fair.But at least people saw temples instead of termite architecture.Bliss is drawing closer; it is no longer in the afterlife, it will come, though not momentarily, sooner or...

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