"tradition is a dead persons baggage" which inevitably usurps the life force of the one holding the bags. I was instantly reminded of how much I hated Freud on an instinctual level, and why why I hate most Intjs (personality type) for this sterile implication that the intellect is of the highest order, when in reality you have a person who is not only afraid of life and the living (expressed by their lack of appreciation for art) but also quite fearful of their own emotions, the very antidote is to be consumed by your desires and your soul, in Freud's case he ended up dominating the life force of his own children, one could even argue that was why lesbianism existed, the emotional impotency of men. Junger seems to me a similar type.
I found, reading Freud, that he seemed to reduce human experience to physical sex-drive--in other words, materialism--whereas Junger is a typical example of the opposite: intellectual escapism.
There are a few others who exhibit such tendency. Ironically, Nietzsche, for all his exalting of the "Superman", was an idealist at heart. You sense an extremely romantic pathos in his work, typical of his time.
Simply Remember: He was German. He was a Soldier. His views were developed by 'experience'. War time experience.
There is Myth in his writing, not like Dominique Venner, nor is there a penchant for esotericism, as this is often sublimated by the warrior battlefield ethos - such was Caesar.
"tradition is a dead persons baggage" which inevitably usurps the life force of the one holding the bags. I was instantly reminded of how much I hated Freud on an instinctual level, and why why I hate most Intjs (personality type) for this sterile implication that the intellect is of the highest order, when in reality you have a person who is not only afraid of life and the living (expressed by their lack of appreciation for art) but also quite fearful of their own emotions, the very antidote is to be consumed by your desires and your soul, in Freud's case he ended up dominating the life force of his own children, one could even argue that was why lesbianism existed, the emotional impotency of men. Junger seems to me a similar type.
I found, reading Freud, that he seemed to reduce human experience to physical sex-drive--in other words, materialism--whereas Junger is a typical example of the opposite: intellectual escapism.
There are a few others who exhibit such tendency. Ironically, Nietzsche, for all his exalting of the "Superman", was an idealist at heart. You sense an extremely romantic pathos in his work, typical of his time.
Interesting.
Simply Remember: He was German. He was a Soldier. His views were developed by 'experience'. War time experience.
There is Myth in his writing, not like Dominique Venner, nor is there a penchant for esotericism, as this is often sublimated by the warrior battlefield ethos - such was Caesar.
You make some valid, and interesting points.
Looking forward to more...