I think Heidegger certainly had a kind of Volkish understanding of the nation (defined non-biologically; as I've said he's much closer to a fascist like d'Annunzio or Junger than a Nazi like Rosenburg; actually Junger was a large influence on him). You've got the "people being called up to face their historical destiny and essence" and all that stuff about the special essence of the German language. But it's pretty clear what he sees as the essence of the people is in their philosophy and art, mainly poetry, not they're conquerin' and pillagin'. Heidegger's version of Nazism was really, really bizarre.
I really do not recollect him ever talking about the War except in the most oblique sense, which is pretty weird.
--- Ted Winslow <egwinslow at rogers.com> wrote:
> Chris Doss quoted Pankratov:
>
> > History is a long affair. Over time, some people
> > simply exhibit more drive and enterprising than
> > others. Some decide to wake up earlier, explore
> new
> > horizons, discover new lands, and fight for new
> > possessions. Others decide to stay home and brag
> about
> > how their beer is so much better than in the
> > neighboring village. And even while in conquest,
> after
> > a spell of pillage and slaughter, some decide to
> stay
> > and commit to a long-term development of conquered
> > lands. Others just steal some trophies, rape some
> > local maidens, and hurry back to their villages,
> > bragging about their exploits.
>
> Isn't the kind of national "spirit" extolled here
> similar to what
> Heidegger claimed was "the inner truth and greatness
> of National
> Socialism"? It's also in Hegel as the "passions" of
> "world-
> historical" individuals such as Caesar and Napoleon,
> but there it's
> treated as instrumental to the end of actualizing a
> truly ethical
> community; it's not the end in itself of human being
> fully actualized
> at its "inception".
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