Historical destiny and national socialism in Heidegger's "Being and time" / Johannes Fritsche
- Bib ID:
- 1365892
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fritsche, Johannes
- Description:
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- Berkeley : Univeristy of California Press, c1999
- xix, 356 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0520210026 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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There has been much debate over the relationship of Heidegger's philosophy - in particular his book Being and Timeto his practical involvement with National Socialism. Yet the question has never been addressed through a comparison of Being and Time with other texts on history and politics written at the time. Johannes Fritsche does this, providing a detailed interpretation of the relevant passages in Being and Timeespecially sections 72-77 on fate, community, and society. He analyzes for comparison two other authors who explicitly regarded themselves as rightists - Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf) and Max Scheler (Formalism in Ethics and other writings) - and two authors on the left - Georg Lukacs (History and Class Consciousness) and Paul Tillich (The Socialist Decision). Fritsche concludes that Being and Time is a brilliant summary of right-wing politics in general, which proposes the destruction of liberal society in order to regenerate an idealized community.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Being and Time, Section 74
- 2. Being and Time, Sections 72-77
- 3. Fate, Community, and Society
- 4. Being and Time and Leftist Concepts of History and Decision
- 5. Heidegger after the Machtergreifung
- 6. Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (229-352) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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