
Ernst Jünger, 1895–1998
640 words
Translated by Greg Johnson
Czech translation based on this English translation here, Russian translation here
Jean-Paul Sartre once said of Ernst Jünger: “I hate him, not as a German, but as an aristocrat . . .”
Sartre had some grave defects. In his political impulses, he was mistaken with a rare obstinacy. Read more …
The Widening Gyre:
Guillaume Corvus’ La convergence des catastrophes
William Blake, "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun," c.1805
2,451 words
Guillaume Corvus
La convergence des catastrophes
Paris: Diffusion International, 2004
Nearly three hundred years ago, the early scientistic stirrings of liberal modernity introduced the notion that life is like a clock: measurable, mechanical, and amenable to rationalist manipulation. Read more …