Jünger’s Concept of Revolution: The Worker and Strategies of Societal Change

This article examines Ernst Jünger’s analysis of societal change as presented in his work The Worker, with particular focus on the dialectic between the bourgeoisie and work­ing class. Through a critical reading of Jünger’s conceptual framework, we explore how the bourgeois order, through its values and institutions, constrains the radical transformative potential of the worker. The primary focus of the study is on the mechanisms that sustain the hegemony of a particular mode of thought and the possibilities for overcoming it. Building on Jünger’s thesis that genuine change requires a radical rejection of existing paradigms, we analyze his concept of “Gestalt” as a key notion for understanding a new social order. The article demonstrates how Jünger’s theory, though developed in a specific historical context, provides a relevant framework for comprehending contemporary forms of domination and their potential subversion.