Historical Destiny and National Socialism in Heidegger's Being and Time
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Author_Johannes Fritsche
being and time
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existentialism
fate
formalism in ethics
georg lukacs
german philosophy
heidegger
history and class consciousness
history and politics
idealized community
left wing politics
leftist politics
liberal society
martin heidegger
max scheler
meaning of being
mein kampf
metaphysics
national socialism
paul tillich
phenomenology
philosophy
political philosophy
politics
right wing politics
rightist politics
socialism
society
the socialist decision
volksgemeinschaft
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- ISBN 9780520210028
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jun 1999
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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There has been much debate over the relationship of Heidegger's philosophy--in particular his book Being and Time--to 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 Time--especially 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. In addition, Heidegger rejects positions on the right, such as Scheler's, that enabled their authors to distance themselves from the most extreme political rightists, and thus he paves the way for National Socialism.
Being and Time, Fritsche demonstrates, must be seen as a clear case for the National Socialists and their project of revitalization of the Volksgemeinschaft, the community of the people.
Johannes Fritsche, who received his Ph.D. and taught philosophy in Berlin, also taught at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York.
