Tag Archives: G. W. F. Hegel

The Masculine Preconditions of Individualism, Part 4

Ricardo Duchesne

3,397 words

Part 4 of 4

The Radicalizing Logic of Modern Individualism

With the formation of nation states in the modern era, as liberal institutions were emerging in the form of constitutional rule, freedom of religious expression, and representative bodies in which members of the bourgeoisie were included, Read more …

Published: June 8, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Dugin, articles, collectivism, European identity, individualism, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, Ricardo Duchesne | Comments closed

The Masculine Preconditions of Individualism, the Indo-Europeans, and the Modern Hegelian Concept of Collective Freedom

Ricardo Duchesne

1,476 words

Part 1 of 4

Libertarian freedoms are not incompatible with a strong commitment to in-group white identity politics. On the contrary, Europeans can preserve their attachment to individual liberties only by living inside nations with a strong sense of collective ancestry in opposition to mass immigration. Read more …

Published: June 5, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged agonism, articles, Carl Schmitt, collectivism, individualism, Indo-Europeans, manliness, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, Ricardo Duchesne, thumos | Comments closed

One’s Nation as the Highest Truth:
The German Ethical Revolution, 1800–1945

Asklepios

Fichte addressing the German people on the importance of nationalism.

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“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live. . .”

–Deuteronomy 30:19

Published: April 27, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, articles, Asklepios, ethics, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Friedrich von Bernhardi, German Idealism, Immanuel Kant, J. G. Fichte, North American New Right, originals, the nation, war | Comments closed

Film Klub rváčů coby Písmo svaté

Jef Costello

9,556 slov

English original here

1. Jsem Jackova nejoddanější Vesmírná opice

Dlouho jsem se zdráhal psát o Klubu rváčů, jelikož bych tím porušil první dvě pravidla Klubu rváčů. Read more …

Published: March 25, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Brad Pitt, Chuck Palahniuk, Edward Norton, emasculation, end of history, fascism, feminism, Fight Club, Friedrich Nietzsche, Helena Bonham Carter, homosexuality, in Czech, Jef Costello, manliness, movie reviews, North American New Right, philosophy, religion, reprints, the last man, the Männerbund, thumos, Tyler Durden | Comments closed

Ancestral Being, Part One

Collin Cleary

4,538 words

Part 1 of 4 (Part 2 here; Part 3 here; Part 4 here)

1. Introduction

This essay presents an “ontology of the individual.” The theory is new, though it has very old roots. “Ontology” is the branch of philosophy that studies being-as-such, or “being as being,” as Aristotle expressed it.[1] My argument is that the being of an individual person is bound up with that individual’s relation to his family or clan. Read more …

Published: March 19, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ancestors, Aristotle, articles, being, clans, Collin Cleary, ethnicity, ethny, fylgja, genetic inheritance, Germanic tradition, heritage, metaphysics, neo-Hegelianism, North American New Right, Odin, Odinism, ontology, originals, Plato, relations, the Absolute, the future, the individual, things, time | Comments closed

Interjú Greg Johnsonnal

11,613 words

English original here

A szerkesztő megjegyzése:

Ha csak most ismerkedik a Counter-Currents internetes folyóirattal, kitűnő kiindulási pont az alábbi interjú, amelyet Laura Raim francia marxista újságíró készített Greg Johnsonnal. Read more …

Published: March 7, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged civic nationalism, Counter-Currents Radio, democracy, elitism, ethnic nationalism, Frank Herbert, Georges Bataille, globalization, Greg Johnson, in Hungarian, interviews, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Laura Raim, metapolitics, National Socialism, Neo-Reaction, North American New Right, NRX, organicism, originals, Paleoconservatism, Paul Gottfried, Peter Sloterdijk, philosophy of culture, Plato, podcasts, populism, republicanism, Richard Spencer, the Alternative Right, the mixed regime, thumos, time preferences, white nationalism, William Pierce | Comments closed

Friedrich Schleiermacher:
The Father of Modern Theology & a Prophet of German Nationalism, Part 2

Asklepios

4,506 words

Part 2 of 2. Part 1 here.

Schleiermacher’s Philosophy of Mind

According to Schleiermacher, the task of philosophy is the “immersion of the Spirit into the innermost depths of itself and of things in order to fathom the relations of their [spirit and nature] being-together.”[1] Schleiermacher’s philosophy, like German idealism in general, was very influenced by, and a reaction to, the critical transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Read more …

Published: October 23, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Asklepios, Christmas, Friedrich Schleiermacher, German Idealism, German Nationalism, hermeneutics, Napoleonic Wars, nationalism, philosophy, Protestantism, Romanticism, the Jewish question, theology | Comments closed

Friedrich Schleiermacher:
The Father of Modern Theology & a Prophet of German Nationalism, Part 1

Asklepios

4,148 words

Part 1 of 2. Part 2 here.

“I feel sure that Germany, the kernel of Europe, will arise once more in a new and beautiful state, but when this will happen, and whether the country will not first have to experience even greater difficulties […] God alone knows.” — Friedrich Schleiermacher, 1806[1]

Published: October 20, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Asklepios, Christmas, Friedrich Schleiermacher, German Idealism, German Nationalism, Napoleonic Wars, nationalism, philosophy, Protestantism, Romanticism, the Jewish question, theology | Comments closed

Greg Johnson Interviewed

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Editor’s Note:

If you are new to Counter-Currents, the following transcript of Greg Johnson’s interview (audio here) with French Marxist journalist Laura Raim is an excellent place to start. It is the first interview in Greg Johnson’s new book, You Asked for It: Selected Interviews, vol. 1, now available from Counter-Currents.

Q&A about Heidegger

Jonathan Bowden

1,527 words

Editor’s Note:

This is the transcription by V. S. of the Q&A session after Jonathan Bowden’s lecture on Martin Heidegger, which has recently been published in Extremists: Studies in Metapolitics. — Greg Johnson

Q: I’ve noticed that Leftists systematically completely misunderstand what Heidegger meant by “nihilism.” Read more …

Published: August 28, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, fascism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giovanni Gentile, interviews, Jonathan Bowden, Julius Evola, Martin Heidegger, National Socialism, nihilism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Theodor Adorno, Traditionalism | Comments closed

State, Movement, People, Part 3

Carl Schmitt

5,569 words

Part 3 of 4

Translated with notes by Simona Draghici

III. The Binary State Construction of Liberal Democracy and the German State of the Civil Service

1. The new triadic state structure of the twentieth century has long superseded the binary statal constitutional schema of the liberal democracy of the nineteenth century. Read more …

Published: July 21, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged bureaucracy, Carl Schmitt, liberalism, National Socialism, National Socialist Germany, political philosophy, reprints, the Third Reich, translations, Weimar Republic | Comments closed

Trump Will Complete the System of German Idealism!

Jef Costello

2,341 words

A few months ago, a delightful eccentric was interviewed on the streets of New York, claiming that Donald Trump, if elected, would “raise Thule,” as well as Atlantis. This chubby-cheeked, curly-haired, manic moppet (who calls himself “Kantbot”) went on to predict that Trump would “complete the system of German Idealism.” The video went viral – at least in our circles.

Published: March 10, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Donald Trump, G. W. Leibniz, German Idealism, Immanuel Kant, J. G. Fichte, Jef Costello, Kantbot, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

Pizzagate, Hegel, & Leonard Cohen:
Greg Johnson on Alex Fontana’s Fascist Pigs Podcast

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I joined Alex Fontana’s Fascist Pigs Podcast to talk about Pizzagate, sexual liberation, social decadence, Nietzsche’s conservatism, Hegel on will and freedom, liberalism, Rogue One, film as an art form, and Leonard Cohen. Click here to listen. Read more …

Published: January 2, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alex Fontana, decadence, Fascist Pigs, freedom, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, interviews, Leonard Cohen, liberalism, philosophy, Pizzagate, podcasts, Rogue One, sexual liberation, will | Comments closed

Notes on Philosophical Dialectic

4,276 words

Socrates

Part 1 of 2

The concept of philosophical dialectic is quite mysterious and intimidating. Even among professional philosophers, dialectic often has connotations of mysticism, obscurantism, and slight of hand. I wish to dispel this aura. I will lay out the elements of philosophical dialectic by looking at specific arguments in Plato’s Republic[1] and Hegel’s Philosophy of Right[2] and then employ Heidegger’s account of the hermeneutic circle Being and Time and Husserl’s account of the logic of parts and wholes in his Logical Investigations to clarify the dialectical process. Read more …

Published: December 26, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, dialectic, free will, freedom, Greg Johnson, justice, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Philosophy of Right, Plato, political philosophy, Socrates, The Republic | Comments closed

Carl Schmitt is Right:
Liberal Nations Have Open Borders Because They Have No Concept of the Political

Ricardo Duchesne

Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

3,509 words

Before World War II liberal rights were understood among Western states in a libertarian and ethno-nationalistic way. Freedom of association, for example, was understood to include the right to refuse to associate with certain members of certain ethnic groups, even the right to discriminate in employment practices. This racial liberalism was still institutionalized right up until the 1960s. The settler nations of Australia, Canada, United States, and New Zealand enjoyed admission and naturalization policies based on race and culture, intended to keep these nations “White.”

Published: October 28, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Carl Schmitt, immigration, liberalism, North American New Right, philosophy, political philosophy, reprints, Ricardo Duchesne, Thomas Hobbes, thumos | Comments closed

Video of the Day
The Difficult Balancing Act Between Identity & Reflection

21 words / 8:31

Matthew Drake’s video for an excerpt from a Counter-Currents podcast. He created the title. Please share and like.

Source: https://youtu.be/PhcxWoIVWo8

Published: October 26, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right, video of the day | Also tagged Cicero, decadence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, identity, irony, Matthew Drake, philosophy, reflection, video of the day, videos | Comments closed

Greg Johnson Interviewed by Laura Raim about the Alt Right (Transcript)

14,425 words

Editor’s Note:

This is the transcript by V. S. of Greg Johnson’s interview with Laura Raim on the Alternative Right. To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target or link as.” Read more …

Published: September 28, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged civic nationalism, Counter-Currents Radio, democracy, elitism, ethnic nationalism, Frank Herbert, Georges Bataille, globalization, Greg Johnson, interviews, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Laura Raim, metapolitics, National Socialism, Neo-Reaction, North American New Right, NRX, organicism, Paleoconservatism, Paul Gottfried, Peter Sloterdijk, philosophy of culture, Plato, podcasts, populism, republicanism, Richard Spencer, the Alternative Right, the mixed regime, thumos, time preferences, white nationalism, William Pierce | Comments closed

Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 161
Greg Johnson Interviewed by Laura Raim about the Alt Right

1:54:07 / 302 words

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“You Are the All-Singing, All-Dancing Crap of the World”
Fight Club as Holy Writ

Jef Costello

11,587 words

French translation here; Czech translation here

1. I am Jack’s Most Devoted Space Monkey

I have hesitated to write an essay on Fight Club for some time, as it would mean breaking the first two rules of Fight Club. Read more …

Published: May 18, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Brad Pitt, Chuck Palahniuk, Edward Norton, emasculation, end of history, fascism, feminism, Fight Club, Friedrich Nietzsche, Helena Bonham Carter, homosexuality, Jef Costello, manliness, movie reviews, philosophy, religion, the last man, the Männerbund, thumos, Tyler Durden | Comments closed

Counter-Currents Radio Podcast 159
Greg Johnson & Guillaume Durocher
Living as a Dissident

Counter-Currents Radio

1:00:45 / 181 words

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Greg Johnson and Guillaume Durocher talk about living as a dissident. Read more …

Published: May 6, 2016 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged alienation, alternative media, boomerang generation, decadence, Donald Trump, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, Guillaume Durocher, interviews, irony, living well, multiculturalism, neets, podcasts, postmodernism, white nationalism | Comments closed

Understanding Spengler

Jonathan Bowden

Oswald Spengler

5,451 words

Editor’s Note:

This is the transcript by V. S. of Richard Spencer’s Vanguard Podcast interview of Jonathan Bowden about Oswald Spengler. You can listen to the podcast here.

Richard Spencer: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Vanguard! And welcome back as well, Jonathan Bowden! How are you, Jonathan? Read more …

Published: May 4, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Friedrich Nietzsche, interviews, Jonathan Bowden, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, philosophy of history, Richard Spencer | Comments closed

Thoughts on the European New Right, Part 4

3,285 words

George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey’s, 1909

Part 4 of 4

The Battle to the Death for Pure Honor

Tomislav Sunic writes:

In the eyes of the New Right, unlike continental Europeans, Anglo-Saxon peoples fail to perceive the importance of organic community Read more …

Published: December 30, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, articles, Christianity, collectivism, European New Right, heroism, individualism, Indo-Europeans, John Law, Nordic man, North American New Right, Protestantism, reprints, Scandinavia, warrior ethics, WASPs | Comments closed

Thoughts on the European New Right, Part 3

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Part 3 of 4

The Power of Reason

The European New Right (ENR) agrees with Pareto, Spengler, and Schmitt that the West took a wrong turn in the eighteenth century by advocating a program for the enlightenment of the human mind Read more …

Published: December 29, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, critical theory, European New Right, Frankfurt School, John Law, Jürgen Habermas, Max Horkheimer, North American New Right, Oswald Spengler, philosophy, reason, reprints, the Enlightenment, Vilfredo Pareto | Comments closed

Thoughts on the European New Right, Part 2

3,744 words

Part 2 of 4

On Faustian Technology

Mõtisklusi Carl Schmitti „Poliitilise mõiste“ üle

Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

1,666 words

English original here

„Miks me ei saa kõik sõbrad olla?“ – Rodney King

Carl Schmitti lühike raamat „Poliitilise mõiste“ („Der Begriff des Politischen“, 1932 [eesti keeles 2002]) on üks 20. sajandi poliitilise filosoofia kõige olulisemaid teoseid.

„Poliitilise mõiste“ sihib poliitika kaitsmisele poliitika kaotamise utopistliku kire eest. Read more …

Published: November 11, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, articles, book reviews, Carl Schmitt, Francis Fukuyama, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, in Estonian, in translation, liberalism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political philosophy, The Concept of the Political, universalism, white nationalism | Comments closed

Refleksje nad Pojęciem polityczności Carla Schmitta

Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

1,935 words

English original here

„Czy możemy się po prostu dogadać?” — Rodney King

Krótka książka Carla Schmitta Pojęcie polityczności (1932) jest jednym z najważniejszych dzieł dwudziestowiecznej filozofii politycznej[1].

Głównym celem Pojęcia polityczności jest obrona polityki przed utopijnymi próbami jej porzucenia. Anty-polityczny utopizm zawiera wszystkie formy liberalizmu, jak również międzynarodowego socjalizmu, globalnego kapitalizmu, anarchizmu oraz pacyfizmu: Read more …

Published: October 16, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, articles, book reviews, Carl Schmitt, Francis Fukuyama, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, in Polish, in translation, liberalism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, political philosophy, The Concept of the Political, universalism, white nationalism | Comments closed

Trois questions sur l’Identitarisme

« La prochaine fois que nous combattrons, ce sera côte à côte. »

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English original here

Note de l’auteur

Les réponses suivantes ont été faites à au questionnaire d’un chercheur universitaire qui est en train d’écrire un livre sur le mouvement identitaire.

1. Voyez-vous Counter-Currents comme un éditeur identitaire ?
Read more …

Published: August 22, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, Carl Schmitt, Francis Fukuyama, Greg Johnson, identitarianism, in French, in translation, interviews, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, Samuel Huntington | Comments closed

Natural Rights vs. Human Rights:
A Critique of Alain de Benoist