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WEIMAR AND NOW: GERMAN CULTURAL CRITICISM Martin Jay and Anton Kaes, General Editors i. Heritage of Our Times, by Ernst Bloch 2. The Nietzsche Legacy in Germany, 1890—1990, by Steven E. Aschheim 3. The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, edited by Anton Kaes, Martin Jay, and Edward Dimendberg 4. Batteries of Life: On the History of Things and Their Perception in Modernity, by Christoph Asendorf 5. Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution, by Margaret Cohen 6. Hollywood in Berlin: American Cinema and Weimar Germany, by Thomas J. Saunders 7. Walter Benjamin: An Aesthetic of Redemption, by Richard Wolin 8. The New Typography, by Jan Tschichold, translated by Ruari McLean 9. The Rule of Law under Siege: Selected Essays of Franz L. Neumann and Otto Kirchheimer, edited by William E. Scheuerman 1 o. The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923—1950, by Martin Jay 11. Women in the Metropolis: Gender and Modernity in Weimar Culture, edited by Katharina von Ankum 12. Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900—1949, edited by Hans Wysling, translated by Don Reneau 13. Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910—1935, by Karl Toepfer 14. In the Shadow of Catastrophe: German Intellectuals Between Apocalypse and Enlightenment, by Anson Rabinbach 15. Walter Benjamin’s Other History: of Stones, Animals, Human Beings, and Angels, by Beatrice Hanssen 16. Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from the 193 os to the Present, by Anthony Heilbut 17. Cool Conduct, by Helmut Lethen, translated by Don Reneau 18. In A Cold Crater: Cultural and Intellectual Life in Berlin, 1945—1948, by Wolfgang Schivelbusch, translated by Kelly Barry 19. A Dubious Past: Ernst Jünger and the Politics of Literature after Nazism, by Elliot Y. Neaman DUBIOUS PAST Ernst Jünger and the Politics of Literature after Nazism Elliot Y Neaman UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1999 by the Regents of the University of California All illustrations courtesy of the German Literature Archive Marbach (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Neaman, Elliot Yale, 1957- A dubious past : Ernst Jünger and the politics of literature after Nazism / Elliot Yale Neaman. p. cm.------(Weimar and now; 19) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-21628-8 (alk. paper).— 1. Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998. 2. Authors, German—20th century— Biography. 3. Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998—Political and social views. 4. Germany—Politics and government—20th century. 5. Criticism— History—20th century. I. Series. PT2619.U43Z719 1999 838'.gi2O9—dc2i 98-39210 CIP Manufactured in the United States of America 10 987654321 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO z39-4®"1992 (R 1997) (Permanenceof Paper). In memory of my grandfather Ben Noah Shlain ( 1902—1984) When you speak about the world of dreams, into which one reaches down to capture something dubious, it has to be admitted that something dubious exists in the author himself That is why one often has more success describing bad characters than good people. ERNST JÜNGER IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FRIEDRICH HANSEN-LÔVE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / xiii Introduction / i i. Ernst Jünger: A German Life / 23 2. The Jünger Circle: Magnetic Repulsion and Attraction / 6 g 3. The Marble Cliffs: An Allegory of Power and Death / 104 4. The Pen and the Sword: Last Knights of the Majestic / 122 5. The View from Above: Logs from a Sinking Ship / 13g 6. Challenging the Victor’s Optic: Jünger as Oracle in the Age of Adenauer / 161 7. Right Tum: Jünger Retrieved in the Age of Kohl / 212 Afterword / 268 ABBREVIATIONS / 277 REFERENCES / 279 INDEX / 307
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