Author Archives: Will Fredericks

The Conservative Revolution Then and Now: Junger and the European New Right

Written by Will Fredericks on April 4, 2012 — 52 Comments

The conservative revolutionary writers, as with some of the European New Right commentary on them, are not the easiest writers to interpret, let alone use. Their writings nevertheless provide a necessary base for any effective socio-political action. As Vladimir Lenin wrote “Without a revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement”.  Besides the type of […]

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The Conservative Revolution Then and Now: Ernst Jünger

Written by Will Fredericks on February 25, 2012 — 130 Comments

Early in 1927 the Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal made a famous address to students at the University of Munich. He alluded to and deplored the historical separation in German society between the intellectual and political sphere, between “life” and “mind”. He deplored that German writing in the past had functioned in a vacuum and […]

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