| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm.) |
| Series |
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture |
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Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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| Contents |
Table of Contents ; Introduction, by Kenneth Reinhard; 1. The Heidegger "Affair"; 2. About the Uses of the Word Jew ; 3. About Nazism; 4. Planetary Prose in the German Provinces; 5. Heidegger's Women; 6. Maneuvering and Career; 7. Couples from France and Germany; 8. Linguistic Transfiguration; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Martin Heidegger was an ordinary Nazi and a loyal member of the provincial petty bourgeoisie. He was also a seminal thinker of the Continental tradition and one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. How are we to make sense of this mix? Should we factor Heidegger's domestic and political associations into our understanding of his thought, or should we treat his intellectual work independently of his abhorrent politics? How does any thinker reconcile the mundane with the ideal, or the pursuit of philosophical inquiry with the demands of civic engagement? In Heidegger, Alain Ba |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 -- Political and social views.
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Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 -- Relations with women.
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National socialism and philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cassin, Barbara, author
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| ISBN |
0231542240 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231542241 (electronic bk.) |
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(cloth : alk. paper) |
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(paperback: alk. paper) |
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(cloth : alk. paper) |
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(paperback: alk. paper) |
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