Ernst Jünger’s Philosophy of Technology

Vincent Blok is associate professor in Business Ethics and Philosophy of Management, Technology & Innovation, Wageningen University (The Netherlands). He holds a PhD in philosophy of technology from Leiden University. His work has appeared in Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, Philosophy & Technology, Environmental Ethics and other journals. See www.vincentblok.nl for his current research.

• Introduction1. The Age of Technicity and the Gestalt of the Worker2. Heidegger’s Reception of Jünger: Work, Gestalt and Poetry3. Language and the Poetics of the Anthropocene

"This book makes an important contribution to Jünger-Heidegger research." – Michael E. Zimmerman in The Review of Metaphysics "[Blok] clearly establishes Jünger as a significant interlocutor with Heidegger and thus as someone who cannot be philosophically ignored by readers of Heidegger. Likewise, much as Heidegger cannot be ignored by those engaged with the philosophical questions of technology, nihilism or language, neither now can Jünger." – Phenomenological Reviews"Blok’s book is a major contribution to the field of phenomenology and continental philosophy. With impeccable scholarship, Blok brings Ernst Jünger’s understanding and critique of technology into the forefront, showing how his insights not only interface with those of Martin Heidegger, but also in certain ways diverge in yielding new avenues to address humanity’s place in a globalized world." —Frank Schalow, University of New Orleans, USA