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Nietzsche & Nihilism handout on Ernst Jnger (1895-

1998)

The Worker: Domination and Form(1932): attempts to make a new reality accessible, where

its less about new thoughts or a new system (Foreword)the ways an! means o" how the workers "orm #$ metaphysical power %113& $ source o" gi'ing

sense %1&* begins to penetrate the worl! are the total character o" work (99), which is a new

an! particular will to power (+)

-echnology is the symbol o" the workers "orm (+2).n or!er to possess an e""ecti'e relation to technology, one must be something more than a

technician (19)

-echnology is the ways an! means in which the workers "orm mobili/es the worl! (10)-echnology, as mobili/ation o" the worl! through the workers "orm, is the !estroyer o" e'ery

"aith in general, an! thus also the most !ecisi'e antihristian power that has appeare! up to

now (10)omination is to!ay possible as the representation o" the workers "orm, which lays claim to

planetary 'ali!ity (192)

On/over/across the Line(1901) is a !iagnosis o" our con!ition o" the line 4 the /eropoint,

or /eromeri!ian 4 ie, nihilism ($ the basic power $ the workers "orm $ wherehumanitys princely appearance is missing #1*)5 an! how to cross the line towar! the new

basic 'alue (31)6 goo! !e"inition o" nihilism coul! be compare! with making a carcinogen 'isible .t woul!

not mean the cure, but rather probably its presupposition, inso"ar as humans in general contribute

to it .ts a matter o" a process that goes "ar beyon! history (11)7ihilistic currents are primarily characteri/e! by re!uction #eg, -8 liots The Wasteland*,

in which ecess !ries up: humanity "eels itsel" as eploite! in multiple, an! not only economic,

relations; which !oes not preclu!e the re!uction "rom being boun! together "or long stretcheswith a growing !e'elopment o" power an! cogency (22")

-he whole is in play; .ts about the planet in general (2)

-here can be no !oubt that our constant stock #ie, persons, works, an! eerman is no longer its sub?ect, an! thus the !anger grows that he will be

concei'e! as its ob?ect (3@)

Please note:6ll these concepts ("orm, type, organic construction, total) are there "or concei'ing-hey !ont matter to us -hey may be summarily "orgotten or set !own a"ter they ha'e been

use! as tools in working to grasp a particular reality that subsists !espite an! beyon! e'ery

concept5 the rea!er must look through the !escription as through an optical system (29@)

Aei!egger (1939) on BCngers The Worker: .t has weight because it, in a manner !i""erent

"rom #the 1922Decline of the Westby Dswal!* 8pengler, achie'es what up to now all 7iet/sche

literature coul! not 4 to communicate an eperience o" beings an! how they are in the light o"7iet/sches pro?ection o" beings as will to power #an! Eachie'es the !escription o" uropean

nihilism in its phase a"ter the "irst Forl! Far* .n so !oing, 7iet/sches metaphysics is naturally

in no way concei'e! thought"ully an! the ways towar! this are not once shown5 rather theopposite: this metaphysics becomes, instea! o"

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Aei!egger (1900) to BCnger: =y eluci!ation attempts to meet your me!ical !iagnosis in the

mi!!le Gou peer o'er an! cross the line . ?ust "irst look at the line you'e represente! -heone ai!s the other reciprocally in the etent an! clarity o" eperiencing