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November 27, 2012

SPIEGEL-Rezension zur Biographie der Brüder Jünger

November 27, 2012

27November

Ausschnitt: Symbolfiguren der Rechten. Erst Stahlgewitter, dann saurer Regen Von Sebastian Hammelehle Wenige deutschsprachige Schriftsteller sind so umstritten wie Ernst Jünger. Nun hat der frühere “taz”-Redakteur Jörg Magenau eine bemerkenswerte Biografie über den Lieblingsautor der deutschen Rechten verfasst – und entdeckt dessen Bruder Friedrich Georg als Vorläufer der Öko...

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November 18, 2012

FG Jünger’s “The Failure of Technology: as ebook!

In F.G.Jünger, Translations

November 18, 2012

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18November

A fantastic recent find, which I trust readers will appreciate and help spread the word – an ebook of this classic and essential critique of modern “scientism” and technology, which has been out-of-print and virtually unfindable in English since the 1960’s! It was translated in 1950 from the German original: “Die Perfektion der Technik” – which, btw, in...

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August 17, 2011

“Die Perfektion der Technik” von Friedrich Georg Jünger. Neuauflage bei Klostermann

In Book review, F.G.Jünger

August 17, 2011

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17August

UPDATE AUG 17/11 The republication mentioned below back in January of “The Failure of Technology”, the English translation of F.G.Jünger’s “Die Perfektion der Technik”, is apparently not going to happen. So, until someone does republish it, I feel little guilt in publicizing this downloadable scanned version I found on the web in Google Documents. It is...

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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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July 20, 2011

Rezension: Ernst Jünger Reisetagebücher

In Academic, Biography, Book review

July 20, 2011

20July

Ich bin seit einer Woche von meiner ersten herrlichen Reise nach Rodos zurückgekehrt und da taucht diese Rezension (danke, Tobias Wimbauer!) einer neuen Publikation der Reisetagebücher Ernst Jüngers nach Rodos plötzlich auf! Ich kaufe mir ganz sicher eine Kopie – und ich freue mich schön um den Vergleich meiner Reise in 2011 mit seinen früheren Reisen. Wie hat sich die Insel über den...

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June 1, 2010

BP oil spill – the elements unleashed and running riot

In Jüngerian Reflections

June 1, 2010

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01June

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reminded me of a chapter in Friedrich Georg Jünger’s “The Failure of Technology – Perfection without Purpose”, which I have reproduced almost completely below. I hope it may help intelligent readers who want to go deeper in understanding what has happened than is given them in the typical media or environmental analysis. In fact, I...

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