The technological changes described in Der Arbeiter later became the topic of immense interest for Martin Heidegger. Heidegger ascertained the possibilities of Technology undermining the Dasein of everyday people as Beings-in-the-World. Whereas Spengler was arriving at his conclusions in Man… Read More ›
Martin Heidegger
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. VI of VII)
Just as Technology is an art requiring creativity and ingenuity, so it too does it pave the way for political-economic change. The conditions of Total Mobilization compel the need to alter the conception of the nation-state as a Western polity…. Read More ›
The Deconstruction of American Conservatism
Prior to the presidency of Donald Trump, why is there always something defining American Conservatism instead of nothing? Why believe that American Conservatism is somehow immune to a Heideggerian “Lichtung” (Clearing) that wipes the slate clean of its preconceived perceptions… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. V of VII)
When one thinks of “Prussia,” does one conjure images of Prussian militarism? Where one thinks of “Bolshevism” (or if one wishes, “Leninism”) does one conjure images of the Soviet Union? Or, as Ernst Jünger dared to claim, are Prussianism and… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. IV of VII)
Technology continues to be the defining characteristic of the Arbeiter. It is what enables the Arbeiter to revolutionize the world. The other key trait is the arts, particularly how certain artforms are created and what can be considered an artform… Read More ›
“Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” and the Socialist Market Economy (SME) of the PRC: A Hamiltonian Federalist Analysis
Is the PRC a Socialist nation-state? Certainly, the CPC in Beijing is adamant about the PRC being Socialistic, to which this author is inclined to agree (even if my interpretations are more nuanced). The consensus outside the PRC, however, is… Read More ›
Compendium: Theories of Money (Pt. I of II)
Competing Theories of Money have proliferated in the Western world when the concept of Currency became grew increasingly important since the Renaissance. In addition to the Theories of Value that argued for different ways to determine how much something should… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. III of VII)
Two recurring topics related to the Arbeiter are commonly cited throughout Der Arbeiter, art and technology. Ernst Jünger focused more on the role of technology as being the defining characteristic of the Arbeiter as a Figure than art. Clearly, the… Read More ›
Compendium: The “Paranoid Style” as a Jeffersonian Obstacle for Hamiltonian Federal Socialism
Anyone who has made serious contemplations about the return of Hamiltonianism as “Federal Socialism” must contend with the “Paranoid Style” identified by the American historian Richard Hofstadter. Written in the wake of conspiracy theories surrounding the rise of Barry Goldwater… Read More ›
Compendium: Why the “Splinternet” is an Alternative to the World Wide Web (WWW)
The rise of the Internet in the 1990s posed serious questions besides the sovereignty of the nation-state in the 21st century. It has introduced the role of Information as a fifth vector in the dynamics of Liberal Capitalist-style Free Trade,… Read More ›
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