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Book SynopsisJean-Luc Nancy provides an analysis of the anti-Semitic aspects of Heidegger's recently published Black Notebooks. Nancy refers to a philosophical or historial anti-Semitism marked, nonetheless, by the banality of ordinary anti-Semitism pervading Europe. Heidegger's thought is placed in the broader context of the European (especially Christian) impulse toward new beginnings.
Trade Review"A relentlessly powerful probe, masterfully cast, soundly translated. Rezoning Arendt's sense of banality, the work commits itself to handling the disturbingly blithe crudeness of anti-semitism in philosophical headquarters. One of the greatest philosophers of our time, Jean-Luc Nancy tracks Heidegger's descent, addressing the scandalous incompatibility of racist outburst and the question of Being. Covering a range of assault from the euphemization and derealization of anti-Semitic stances to the tragic consequences of juridical logic, Nancy goes after a traumatically enduring record of human/inhuman failure." -- -Avital Ronell New York University
Table of ContentsTranslator's Preface. Both/And: Heidegger's Equivocality One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Coda Supplement Acknowledgments Notes
