It's a Battlefield Out There

[Adam Stevens]

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>> Heidegger was a paid up member of the NSDAP from the 1930s right to the
>> end of the war. As rector of Freiburg University he wanted to
>> subordinate the study of the sciences to the principles of national
>> socialism. In that he was supporting the argument of the far-right wing
>> of the NSDAP (which was strongest in the Universities) which polemicised
>> against free enquiry as 'a myth'. With the suppression of the
>> Strasserites Heidegger's wing of the Nazi party was restrained. Business
>> pressurised the NSDAP to stop trying to politicise scientific research
>> in the Universities, for fear that their madcap prejudices would get in
>> the way of making money.
>> 
>> Yes, he has a lot to teach us about the way that scientific enquiry can
>> be crushed under the iron heel of fascist ideology, but not much to
>> teach us about science itself.
>
>Excellent points, Jim.

I have found this thread very interesting, though I don't have time to
really contribute since I'm in the middle of final exams.  On the above
point though, I'd highly recommend "Heidegger and Nazism," by Victor Farias,
Temple University Pres, Philidelphia.