Ernst Jünger

Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Jünger began a correspondence with the philosopher Martin Heidegger that lasted until Heidegger’s death in 1975. This volume contains the first English translation of their complete correspondence, as well as letters from Heidegger’s wife and son and others referred to in their correspondence. It also contains a translation of Jünger’s essay Across the Line (Über die Linie), his contribution to a Festschrift celebrating Heidegger’s sixtieth birthday. Jünger’s and Heidegger’s correspondence is of enormous historical interest, revealing how both men came to understand their cultural roles in post-war Europe. It is valuable as well for showing the emergence of themes pervasive in Heidegger’s post-war thought: his cultural and political pessimism and his concern with the problem of global technology. The correspondence also reveals the evolution of a philosophical friendship between two writers central to twentieth century European thought, and the mutual influence that friendship worked on their writing.

Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Jünger began a correspondence with the philosopher Martin Heidegger that lasted until Heidegger’s death in 1975. This volume contains the first English translation of their complete correspondence, as well as letters from Heidegger’s wife and son and others referred to in their correspondence. It also contains a translation of Jünger’s essay Across the Line (Über die Linie), his contribution to a Festschrift celebrating Heidegger’s sixtieth birthday. Jünger’s and Heidegger’s correspondence is of enormous historical interest, revealing how both men came to understand their cultural roles in post-war Europe. It is valuable as well for showing the emergence of themes pervasive in Heidegger’s post-war thought: his cultural and political pessimism and his concern with the problem of global technology. The correspondence also reveals the evolution of a philosophical friendship between two writers central to twentieth century European thought, and the mutual influence that friendship worked on their writing.

One of the great war memoirs, published here in a stunning Deluxe Edition for the centenary of World War I and the Battle of the Somme--and featuring a foreword by the New York Times bestselling author of Matterhorn A worldwide bestseller published shortly after the end of World War I, Storm of Steel is a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism. It illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, as seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, Ernst J nger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict but also--more importantly--as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, J nger keeps testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. His account is ripe for rediscovery upon the centennial of the Battle of the Somme--a major set piece in Storm of Steel--and a bracing read for fans of Redeployment and American Sniper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Det eventyrlige hjerte består af 71 prosastykker — drømme og surrealistiske mareridtsrapporter, observationer omkring naturfænomener og botaniske nærstudier, biografiske vignetter og essayistiske tekster om kultur og samfund. Ernst Jünger ønskede med dette overflødighedshorn at beskrive en anderledes måde at anskue verden på. Han eksperimenterede derfor med forskellige betragtningsmåder, der forener klare og præcise observationer med drømmenes utvungne receptivitet.

Skogen utgör i denna essä symbolen för ett nytt frihetsanspråk, i ruinerna efter det andra världskriget. När skogsvandringen utkom 1951 gällde denna fråga på ett plan hela Tysklands öde - moraliskt, militärt och politiskt en bruten nation, som nu fann sig lämnad i skiljelinjen mellan massdemokratins och folkrepublikernas rustade världsmakter i öst och i väst. Samtidigt är det ett motståndsmanifest för den enskilda människan, bortom gränsernas och de olika statsskickens tvingande inskränkningar. Den som väljer skogsvandrarens väg finner sig ställd inför en maktordning som i förening med tekniken reser totala anspråk. Dess framträdande kräver en ny form av frihet, och för att tyda dess symboler och kulisser krävs ett perspektivskifte. Likt partisanen väljer skogsvandraren att lämna detta samhälle bakom sig för att i skogen grunda sin frihet på ett djupare inre plan. Först då blir det återigen möjligt att handla.

Den utopiske og drømmeagtige roman "På marmorklipperne" (opr. 1939) er Ernst Jüngers metaforiske opgør med Det Tredje Rige. Et stilistisk mesterværk i camoufleringens kunst.