Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy in Light of the Unpublished Seminars of 1933-1935

Emmanuel Faye

ISBN 10: 0300120869 / ISBN 13: 9780300120868

Published by Yale University Press, 2009

About this Item

First Edition. First printing. Association copy from the library of philosopher Eduardo Mendieta, a leading scholar of continental philosophy and critical theory. Faye's influential and controversial study argues that National Socialist ideology was integral to Heidegger's philosophical project, fundamentally reshaping debates over Heidegger's political legacy. This copy retains a reader's tab placed by Mendieta at a significant passage, offering evidence of scholarly engagement. No manuscript annotations are present; underlining visible in the text is printed as issued by the publisher. Dust jacket with surface scratches to the rear panel; otherwise a clean and attractive copy. A compelling association copy linking two important figures in contemporary Heidegger scholarship.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy in Light of the Unpublished Seminars of 1933-1935
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300120869
• ISBN 13: 9780300120868
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

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Synopsis

In the most comprehensive examination to date of Heidegger’s Nazism, Emmanuel Faye draws on previously unavailable materials to paint a damning picture of Nazism’s influence on the philosopher’s thought and politics.

In this provocative book, Faye uses excerpts from unpublished seminars to show that Heidegger’s philosophical writings are fatally compromised by an adherence to National Socialist ideas. In other documents, Faye finds expressions of racism and exterminatory anti-Semitism.

Faye disputes the view of Heidegger as a naïve, temporarily disoriented academician and instead shows him to have been a self-appointed “spiritual guide” for Nazism whose intentionality was clear. Contrary to what some have written, Heidegger’s Nazism became even more radical after 1935, as Faye demonstrates. He revisits Heidegger’s masterwork, Being and Time, and concludes that in it Heidegger does not present a philosophy of individual existence but rather a doctrine of radical self-sacrifice, where individualization is allowed only for the purpose of heroism in warfare. Faye’s book was highly controversial when originally published in France in 2005. Now available in Michael B. Smith’s fluid English translation, it is bound to awaken controversy in the English-speaking world.

About the Author

Emmanuel Faye is associate professor at the University Paris Ouest–Nanterre La Défense and an authority on Descartes. Michael B. Smith is professor emeritus of French and philosophy at Berry College and the translator of numerous philosophical works into English.