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Book SynopsisPresents a collection of essays, by both American and European philosophers, on issues raised by Heidegger's involvement with the Nazis. This book considers such matters as the relationship between Heidegger's philosophical theories and his public statements and activities, and his ideas on social and political life compared to other philosophers.
Trade Review"[These] essays together form an extraordinary response, and radical but not self-righteous challenge, to Heidegger's unambiguous complicity with Hitler and Nazism....This book will provoke intense dialogue and controversy about issues which, for too long, too many philosophers have chosen either to gloss over or ignore."—
Ronald E. SantoniTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. Heidegger's Apology: Biography as Philosophy and Ideology Theodore Kisiel 2. Ontological Aestheticism: Heidegger, Junger, and National Socialism Michael E. Zimmerman Part II 3. Biographical Bases for Heidegger's "Mentality of Disunity" Hugo Ott 4. Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Politics Otto Poggeler 5. Heidegger and Hitler's War Domenico Losurdo Part III 6. Heidegger and the Greeks Rainer Marten 7. Heidegger and Praxis Jacques Taminiaux 8. The History of Being and Political Revolution: Reflections on a Posthumous Work of Heidegger Nicolas Tertulian Part IV 9. Philosophy, Politics-and the "New" Questions for Hegel, for Heidegger, and for Phantasy Hans-Christian Lucas 10. A Comment on Heidegger's Comment on Nietzsche's Alleged Comment on Hegel's Comment on the Power of Negativity Leszek Kolakowski Part V 11. Heidegger's Scandal: Thinking and the Essence of the Victim John D. Caputo 12. Heidegger and Politics: Some Lessons Fred Dallmayr 13. Riveted to a Monstrous Site: On Heidegger's Beitrage zur Philosophie Reiner Schurmann Part VI 14. Foreword to the Spanish Edition, Heidegger and Nazism Victor Farias 15. The Purloined Letter Dominique Janicaud 16. The Political Incompetence of Philosophy Hans-Georg Gadamer Part VII 17. Heidegger's French Connection and the Emperor's New Clothes Tom Rockmore 18. Discarding and Recovering Heidegger Joseph Margolis Contributors Index
