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Heidegger, History and the Holocaust is an important contribution
to the longstanding debate concerning Martin Heidegger's
association with National Socialism. Although a difficult topic,
this ambitious new work moves the entire debate on the Heidegger
controversy forward. Following Being and Time Heidegger expands on
his notion of authenticity and related notions such as historicity
and discusses the possibility of an authentic Dasein of a people
along structurally consistent lines to his account of authenticity
in Being and Time. O'Brien argues that the same difficulties which
appear to hamstring the early account of authenticity further
affect the notion of an authentic Dasein of a people; Heidegger's
political myopia in the thirties can thus be attributed to an
underlying failure to come to terms with some of the difficulties
discussed in this study. O'Brien concedes that Heidegger's
philosophy is influenced by its historical period and context but
argues that, however inflammatory, Heidegger's rhetoric cannot be
simply reduced to crude Nazi jingoism. This book is a genuinely
philosophical approach to the Heidegger controversy and a
much-needed re-examination of his ideas and influences.
Arguing for the thematic and structural unity in Heideggers thought
from Being and Time right through to the later writings, this book
focuses on the summons to authenticity; labeling the move as the
key to identifying recurring patterns and themes in Heideggers
protracted confrontation with modernity. Heidegger's thinking in
the decades following the publication of Being and Time is often
deemed irreconcilable with that work. Critics contrast the notion
of resoluteness. in Being and Time with Heideggers post-war account
of releasement in an attempt to establish a discrepancy between the
allegedly voluntarist humanism of his early work and the supposedly
anti-humanist thinking of his later work. By contrast, Mahon O
Brien argues for the structural and thematic coherence of
Heidegger's movement from authenticity to the search for an
authentic free relation to the world as captured by the term
releasement. By demonstrating the structural and thematic unity of
Heidegger s thought in its entirety, O Brien paves the way for a
more measured and philosophically grounded understanding of the
issues at stake in the Heidegger controversy.
With my own introduction and epilogue, Towards a New Human Being
gathers original essays by early career researchers and established
academic figures in response to To Be Born, my most recent book.
The contributors approach key issues of this book from their own
scientific fields and perspectives - through calls for a different
way of bringing up and educating children, the constitution of a
new environmental and sociocultural milieu or the criticism of past
metaphysics and the introduction of new themes into the
philosophical horizon. However, all the essays which compose the
volume correspond to proposals for the advent of a new human being
- so answering the subtitle of To Be Born: Genesis of a New Human
Being. To Be Born thus acts as a background from which each author
had the opportunity to develop and think in their own way. As such
Towards a New Human Being is part of a longer-term undertaking in
which I engaged together and in dialogue with more or less
confirmed thinkers with a view to giving birth to a new human being
and building a new world. -Luce Irigaray
Martin Heidegger was a captivating and controversial philosopher,
known for his highly original and challenging philosophical
concepts, as well as his association with - and sympathy for - the
Nazi Party during World War II.Providing an introduction to both
the man and his philosophy, this book is a concise, jargon-free
journey through his life and thought. The publication of
Heidegger's private 'Black Notebooks' from the 1930s and 40s has
led to renewed interest in the relationship between Heidegger's
philosophy and his political views and caused widespread confusion
and condemnation. This short book puts many of these problems into
context and offers an honest appraisal of Heidegger's disturbing
political views and how they might relate to some of the perennial
themes that occupied his philosophical imagination. A fascinating
portrait of a brilliant, complicated and often unattractive human
being, the book will prove invaluable for students with some
familiarity with Heidegger's thought, students approaching
Heidegger's work for the first time and non-specialists looking to
acquaint themselves with a great, yet problematic, twentieth
century thinker.
Martin Heidegger was a captivating and controversial philosopher,
known for his highly original and challenging philosophical
concepts, as well as his association with - and sympathy for - the
Nazi Party during World War II.Providing an introduction to both
the man and his philosophy, this book is a concise, jargon-free
journey through his life and thought. The publication of
Heidegger's private 'Black Notebooks' from the 1930s and 40s has
led to renewed interest in the relationship between Heidegger's
philosophy and his political views and caused widespread confusion
and condemnation. This short book puts many of these problems into
context and offers an honest appraisal of Heidegger's disturbing
political views and how they might relate to some of the perennial
themes that occupied his philosophical imagination. A fascinating
portrait of a brilliant, complicated and often unattractive human
being, the book will prove invaluable for students with some
familiarity with Heidegger's thought, students approaching
Heidegger's work for the first time and non-specialists looking to
acquaint themselves with a great, yet problematic, twentieth
century thinker.
Heidegger, History and the Holocaust is an important contribution
to the longstanding debate concerning Martin Heidegger's
association with National Socialism. Although a difficult topic,
this ambitious new work moves the entire debate on the Heidegger
controversy forward. Following Being and Time Heidegger expands on
his notion of authenticity and related notions such as historicity
and discusses the possibility of an authentic Dasein of a people
along structurally consistent lines to his account of authenticity
in Being and Time. O'Brien argues that the same difficulties which
appear to hamstring the early account of authenticity further
affect the notion of an authentic Dasein of a people; Heidegger's
political myopia in the thirties can thus be attributed to an
underlying failure to come to terms with some of the difficulties
discussed in this study. O'Brien concedes that Heidegger's
philosophy is influenced by its historical period and context but
argues that, however inflammatory, Heidegger's rhetoric cannot be
simply reduced to crude Nazi jingoism. This book is a genuinely
philosophical approach to the Heidegger controversy and a
much-needed re-examination of his ideas and influences.
Heidegger's thinking in the decades following the publication of
Being and Time is often deemed irreconcilable with that work.
Critics contrast the notion of "resoluteness" in Being and Time
with Heidegger's post-war account of "releasement" in an attempt to
establish a discrepancy between the allegedly voluntarist humanism
of his early work and the supposedly 'anti-humanist' thinking of
his later work. By contrast, Mahon O'Brien argues for the
structural and thematic coherence of Heidegger's movement from
authenticity to the search for an authentic free relation to the
world - as captured by the term "releasement". By demonstrating the
structural and thematic unity of Heidegger's thought in its
entirety, O'Brien paves the way for a more measured and
philosophically grounded understanding of the issues at stake in
the Heidegger controversy.
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