>The "Beats" claimed Heidegger as one of their
>inspirations and the effect, or perhaps association",
>of Heidegger to the 60s generation seems apparent.
Bob Fitch told a story of spying Michael Lerner reading Heidegger in Berkeley around 1968, and asking him "Why are you reading that Nazi gasbag?" Lerner replied that it was very important. The rest is history, or at least the politics of meaning.
Doug