Name: Jose Vera's review of Eumeswil by Ernst Jünger
Item: Eumeswil
Rating: 3
Author: Jose Vera

Ernst Jünger

A political novel set in a futuristic state, run by a tyrant and narrated by the tyrant's historian. The novel's originality lies in its willingness to question such generally accepted ideas as democracy and mass education. By a well-known German writer.

Eumeswil

Emmett

"Ernst Jünger's Eumeswil is a post-apocalyptic novel that combines elements of dystopian science fiction with a sustained philosophical reflection on the predicament of the individual in the face of the intrusive powers of the state and technology. Set in an undated future, the novel follows the reflections of Martin Venator, a historian living in the city-state of Eumeswil, ruled by a dictator known as the Condor. Venator regards himself as an "anarch," a figure who quietly accommodates himself to life within a dictatorship while simultaneously pursuing a life of inward resistance. As an anarch, Venator is a figure without loyalty to anyone but himself, yet at the same time he must also take careful measures to maintain the security of his current situation and to provide a means for escape in the event the government is overthrown"--

Jose Vera

Ardua y dura lectura de un ensayo disfrazado de novela en donde Jünger nos presenta la figura del anarca (diferente a la del anarquista) y hace un análisis histórico de diferentes épocas y corrientes de pensamiento para fundamentar su existencia y su manera de ser.

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