"Jünger, therefore, should be numbered among those individuals who first subscribed to 'Conservative Revolutionary' ideas but were later, in a way, traumatized by the National Socialist experience, to the point of being led to embrace the kind of sluggishly liberal and humanistic ideas which conformed to the dominant attempt 'to democratically reform' their country; individuals who have proven incapable of distinguishing the positive side of past ideas from the negative, and of remaining true to the former."
I lost so much respect for Junger after reading Venner's biographical overview (recently reprinted by Arktos).
I take Evola's side in the matter. There is also the possibility that Junger was a traitor in a very real sense, aside from the obviously-political and legal one. As always, Evola provides the much-needed spiritual insight often lacking in most analyses.
"Jünger, therefore, should be numbered among those individuals who first subscribed to 'Conservative Revolutionary' ideas but were later, in a way, traumatized by the National Socialist experience, to the point of being led to embrace the kind of sluggishly liberal and humanistic ideas which conformed to the dominant attempt 'to democratically reform' their country; individuals who have proven incapable of distinguishing the positive side of past ideas from the negative, and of remaining true to the former."
Wow, that is quite biting. Thanks for sharing.
I'm enjoying jüngers brothers writing more lately " it's great
I lost so much respect for Junger after reading Venner's biographical overview (recently reprinted by Arktos).
I take Evola's side in the matter. There is also the possibility that Junger was a traitor in a very real sense, aside from the obviously-political and legal one. As always, Evola provides the much-needed spiritual insight often lacking in most analyses.
I am curious about what in Venner's book made you lose respect for Jünger.
I wrote a nice book review:
https://madamez.substack.com/p/war-targets-the-audience-of-the-times