Ernst J��nger

<p>Ernst J��nger (1895-1998) was a soldier an adventurer and one of the most prolific and celebrated European writers of the twentieth century. J��nger's most famous works are his First World War memoir <em>Storm of Steel </em>(1920) his treatise on technology and modernity <em>The Worker</em> (1932) and his dystopian novel <em>On the Marble Cliffs</em> (1939).</p><p> </p><p>Alain de Benoist has written an ideal introduction to J��nger's long life and vast body of work. Benoist illuminates the central figures in J��nger's works: the Soldier the Worker the Rebel and the Anarch. Benoist devotes special attention to<em> The Worker</em> as well as J��nger's debts to Nietzsche and Spengler his relationship to the German Conservative Revolutionary movement and his dialogues with Heidegger Drieu la Rochelle and his brother Friedrich Georg J��nger. </p><p><br></p><p>Benoist's volume is not just a scholarly survey of the history of ideas for he also draws upon his friendship and correspondence with J��nger. This volume invites you to join their conversation. </p>