Comments on Ernst Jünger - ANARCH: Reality and ideals

Beowulf, I don't know Nechaev, other than what wik...

2009-03-10T10:40:00.000+01:00

Beowulf, I don't know Nechaev, other than what wikipedia tells me - that he was a violent anarchist. Perhaps a model for Nebek?

Vicenzillo, I think you mean the anarchistic nihil...

2009-03-10T10:37:00.000+01:00

Vicenzillo, I think you mean the anarchistic nihilist character in the book Eumeswil - Dahlin? He builds bombs for his meaningless destruction.

But there is also the aggressive Nebek, another student of Vigo's who frequents anarchist groups on the side. He invites Manuel once, who is disgusted by the stinky negative air there.

Vincenzillo,You're probably thinking of Sergei Nec...

2009-03-10T00:39:00.000+01:00

Vincenzillo,

You're probably thinking of Sergei Nechaev.

karl, i agree about the difference between reality...

2008-12-11T12:30:00.000+01:00

karl, i agree about the difference between reality and ideals in Eumeswil. Martin is always an "observer". He wants to understand reality as deep as possible, not to change it upon an ideal. He has two different masters, tryes to get the most from each one, and works to build a way out for himself.

Maybe a good example of anarchist, instead, could be the guy who loves explosives, whose

Indeed there's a lot in "Eumeswil", the first Jüng...

2008-12-10T14:42:00.000+01:00

Indeed there's a lot in "Eumeswil", the first Jüngerbook I read.

Maybe Emanuel Venator is a bit too perfect at times, he has got answers to everything. But in all this is a minor classic, a good performance by an old writer.

(Now I've bookmarked your blog, to read more on a rainy day or so. You visited my "Svenssongalaxen" today; greetings!)

Karl, grsnde lavoro!complimenti!!!avanti in cerca ...

2008-12-10T12:58:00.000+01:00

Karl, grsnde lavoro!complimenti!!!avanti in cerca del bosco...

Junger's thought evolved-back unto itself,(?) like...

2008-09-14T21:11:00.000+02:00

Junger's thought evolved-back unto itself,(?) like the serpent Ourobouros.

We could us a thousand more like him.

Thanks a lot for leading me to your blog Karl - it...

2008-08-05T17:16:00.000+02:00

Thanks a lot for leading me to your blog Karl - its very interesting and i am more than happy to find some more informations. I will get hold of the book soon.
This said, although i do agree that there will be no better world, that there is no change worth fighting for, i disagree with the "anarch belief" in that i believe that the system, whatever the said system is, should be fought not in

That "most inhospitable of all guests: nihilism". ...

2008-07-15T06:27:00.000+02:00

That "most inhospitable of all guests: nihilism". Who is the real menace?.

Friedrich Baroh in "Aladdin's Problem" is an Anarc...

2008-07-14T10:49:00.000+02:00

Friedrich Baroh in "Aladdin's Problem" is an Anarch to me since he remains within the society, albeit tenuously as he fights with madness, even as he rejects any higher meaning for himself in the society. His way within society is different to Manual's, or Juenger's - every anarch has to find his own prefered niche in the society he happens to live in.

A nihilistic phase could be one

I've always thought "Aladdin problem" is a particu...

2008-07-13T23:05:00.000+02:00

I've always thought "Aladdin problem" is a particular chapter in the latest Junger's bibliography.
I don't know if i'm only forcing, getting the easiest way, but i think he would indicate a possible path followed by the anarch. It's not exacly the way choosed by Martin Venator and, it's clear, is not the way followed by Junger himself. Even better, this path is rather a typical "risk" for

Probably the difference comes from the explanation...

2008-07-12T05:44:00.000+02:00

Probably the difference comes from the explanation of the origin of the word Waldgaenger, which comes from Iceland where a criminal was punished by being left to his own deep within the forest in an extremely hostile place, surely there is no society there, but the figure of the Waldgaenger described in the book is different since he is not a criminal although for the political power in turn he

Hector, I agree, I only have reservations about wh...

2008-07-11T10:46:00.000+02:00

Hector, I agree, I only have reservations about what you say of Juenger's treatise on the rebel ("Der Waldgaenger"). This book is about the forest fleer (or rebel as you call him) and not specifically about the anarch. Certainly, as the successor to the forest fleer, the anarch incorporates many of his traits - making personal freedom his first priority, rejecting society in its essence, standing

The anarchist is against authority, against the st...

2008-07-11T05:41:00.000+02:00

The anarchist is against authority, against the state, king,president, premier, et.. The anarch is on his own power, he knows that comes from the wealth of Being and defends his freedom above all. Junger has a treaty on "the Rebel" or "the ambushed", where the resources of the anarch are articulated. Hic et nunc, he knows that in the desicion he is alone.

But the anarchist is fundamentally bent on destroy...

2008-07-01T11:20:00.000+02:00

But the anarchist is fundamentally bent on destroying the "evil" system; thus he must necessarily act against that society's laws, which the society has created above all to protect its existence. If he acted legally, within the laws, he would no longer be an anarchist but become a socialist or a communist or a democrat etc.

Or, as you say, he could be an anarch and sit in the

I think, anonymous, Jünger didn’t reason about the...

2008-06-30T20:47:00.000+02:00

I think, anonymous, Jünger didn’t reason about the method, the way, marking the difference between Anarch and Anarchist. If an Anarchist tried to realize his perfect world in some legal way, it would change nothing for Martin Venator: he remains an idealist who dedicates his life to an idea, not to the reality. The same opinion that the German had about representative democracy would confirm it.

... and who attempt to do this in non-legal, often...

2008-06-27T11:23:00.000+02:00

... and who attempt to do this in non-legal, often violent ways. There are many other world-improvers/idealists who try the same through socially approved channels, such as politics.

The Anarchist is the idealist who thinks that he c...

2008-06-25T12:37:00.000+02:00

The Anarchist is the idealist who thinks that he can make the imperfect world perfect.

"Old Gunpowderhead" (Nietzsche) also had some choice words for "improvers" of mankind".