Derrida: everywhere and nowhere baby, that's where you're at

James Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Mon Sep 6 05:45:47 PDT 1999


In addition to the Farias book, another important study of Heidegger as a Nazi, is Hugo Ott's *Martin Heidegger: A Political Life*. Ott's book is of interest because being himself a Catholic, Ott emphasizes Heidegger's Catholic background. He notes that Heidegger had originally wanted to become a Catholic priest but he was precluded from reaching this goal because of reasons of health, so he turned to philosophy. In his early philosophical career, he wrote as a Catholic philosopher with an emphasis on the scholastics but later broke with Catholicism. Ott thinks that both Heidegger's Catholic background and his rebellion against it is crucial for understanding his philosophical and political commitments. Ott agrees with Farias that Heidegger's Naziism was closely linked to his philosophy.

Jim F.

On Sun, 5 Sep 1999 23:15:28 +0100 Jim heartfield <jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk> writes:
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>A Heidegger glossary:
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>Inauthentic being: racial impurity
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