"Irrespective of the essential and substantial contribution of the state to the flourishing of the private economy in the West (or: in(side) Western countries), this private economy draws its legitimation from the certainty (or feeling) that it is the best means for the achieving of general prosperity, affluence and of a surplus which allows considerable, noteworthy redistributions and the blunting, diminution (reduction, dismantling) of the crassest material inequalities."
I just glanced through small parts of it, but, although it's far from being a finished and polished product, it also seems not to be misleading nonsense. [S.E.]
Besides the Kondylis website already mentioned, Nigel Carlsbad has posted a commentary on »Konservatismus« and a machine translation of Kondylis' conceptual history entry "Reaction." Though the blog (Carlsbad1819) is currently defunct, you can still access it via Wayback Machine. I've also produced a relatively accurate machine translation of "The Decline of Bourgeois Thought- and Lifeform." There's also a poorly (machine-)translated version of »Die Aufklärung (the Enlightenment)« on LibGen. One anglophone Kondylis scholar Raymond Petridis has also translated several essays of Kondylis, on the subjects of Human Rights (titled 'Human Rights and Conceptual Confusions,"), "Universalism, Relativism, and Tolerance" and "Melancholy and Polemics." The former two are accessible on Telos Press' website (try sci-hub if it is pay-walled), and the latter is easily accessible via Google search. Petridis' translations are very much recommended since he's an associate of Falk and Gisela Horst (both are prominent figures in Kondylis research circles, and the former was the editor of the late Kondylis) and has read all the then-unpublished notes on Social Ontology for his dissertation on Kondylis. Most importantly, in contrast to the translations on panagiotiskondylis.com, his translations don't have [alternative translations (insert synonyms)].
Thanks for the likes and the comment. There are no official translations available yet, as far as I can tell, but you can get some "tentative" translations here: https://www.panagiotiskondylis.com/planetary-politics-after-the-cold-war.php.
For introductory purposes, when it comes to Kondylis's political thinking,
the best option is probably:
Planetary Politics after the Cold War: https://www.panagiotiskondylis.com/resources/Planetary%20Politics%20after%20the%20Cold%20War%20by%20Panagiotis%20Kondylis.pdf
The Political in the 20th Century:
https://www.panagiotiskondylis.com/resources/The%20political%20in%20the%2020th%20century%20by%20Panagiotis%20Kondylis.pdf
An official translation of Power and Decision (also here: https://www.panagiotiskondylis.com/resources/Power%20and%20Decision%20by%20Panagiotis%20Kondylis.pdf) is in the making, but it is not yet available, I suppose. These translations are strange because the translator provides various possible options in many cases instead of a definitive version.
For example:
"Irrespective of the essential and substantial contribution of the state to the flourishing of the private economy in the West (or: in(side) Western countries), this private economy draws its legitimation from the certainty (or feeling) that it is the best means for the achieving of general prosperity, affluence and of a surplus which allows considerable, noteworthy redistributions and the blunting, diminution (reduction, dismantling) of the crassest material inequalities."
I just glanced through small parts of it, but, although it's far from being a finished and polished product, it also seems not to be misleading nonsense. [S.E.]
Are there any English translations of his works available? Regardless, thank for this series, it was excellent and it gave me a lot to think about.
Besides the Kondylis website already mentioned, Nigel Carlsbad has posted a commentary on »Konservatismus« and a machine translation of Kondylis' conceptual history entry "Reaction." Though the blog (Carlsbad1819) is currently defunct, you can still access it via Wayback Machine. I've also produced a relatively accurate machine translation of "The Decline of Bourgeois Thought- and Lifeform." There's also a poorly (machine-)translated version of »Die Aufklärung (the Enlightenment)« on LibGen. One anglophone Kondylis scholar Raymond Petridis has also translated several essays of Kondylis, on the subjects of Human Rights (titled 'Human Rights and Conceptual Confusions,"), "Universalism, Relativism, and Tolerance" and "Melancholy and Polemics." The former two are accessible on Telos Press' website (try sci-hub if it is pay-walled), and the latter is easily accessible via Google search. Petridis' translations are very much recommended since he's an associate of Falk and Gisela Horst (both are prominent figures in Kondylis research circles, and the former was the editor of the late Kondylis) and has read all the then-unpublished notes on Social Ontology for his dissertation on Kondylis. Most importantly, in contrast to the translations on panagiotiskondylis.com, his translations don't have [alternative translations (insert synonyms)].
Also, you may be interested in this:
https://www.telospress.com/heideggers-being-and-time-a-collection-of-pretentious-and-vague-platitudes/
I think it's a good introduction to his basic philosophical positions.
Thank you very much!