Heidegger, the Polis, the political, and Gelassenheit
Heidegger, the Polis, the political, and Gelassenheit
What is Heidegger's understanding of the political?
The recent publication of the so-called “Black Notebooks” has once again brought to a polemical forefront the question of the importance of Heidegger's Nazism for his philosophical thought. Yet in the swirling controversy, the question of Heidegger's understanding of the political – that is, of a particular form of relations between human beings – has tended to be obscured by his apparent endorsement of the Nazi regime. I make here the distinction made easily in French between “le politique” – the political – and “la politique” – politics – and argue that Heidegger has a serious understanding of “the political” that is not necessarily coincident with his appreciation of politics – although he may have either thought or hoped it was.
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Strong, Tracy B.
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31 March 2016
Strong, Tracy B.
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Strong, Tracy B.
(2016)
Heidegger, the Polis, the political, and Gelassenheit.
Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 47 (2), .
(doi:10.1080/00071773.2016.1145888).
Abstract
What is Heidegger's understanding of the political?
The recent publication of the so-called “Black Notebooks” has once again brought to a polemical forefront the question of the importance of Heidegger's Nazism for his philosophical thought. Yet in the swirling controversy, the question of Heidegger's understanding of the political – that is, of a particular form of relations between human beings – has tended to be obscured by his apparent endorsement of the Nazi regime. I make here the distinction made easily in French between “le politique” – the political – and “la politique” – politics – and argue that Heidegger has a serious understanding of “the political” that is not necessarily coincident with his appreciation of politics – although he may have either thought or hoped it was.
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