Tag Archives: G. W. F. Hegel

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“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]

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Greg Johnson Interviewed

Greg Johnson

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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.

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Q&A about Heidegger

Jonathan Bowden

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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

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State, Movement, People, Part 3

Carl Schmitt

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 The new triadic state structure of the twentieth century has long superseded the binary statal constitutional schema of the liberal democracy of the nineteenth century.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

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Trump Will Complete the System of German Idealism!

Jef Costello

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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

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

Greg Johnson

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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

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Notes on Philosophical Dialectic

Greg Johnson

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Socrates

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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

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

Ricardo Duchesne

Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

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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

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

Greg Johnson

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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

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

Greg Johnson

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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 …