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Farías, Víctor Heidegger and Nazism 1989 Book On Heidegger Heidegger, Student, Academic Work, Nazi, National Socialism
Citation Farías, Víctor 1989 Book Heidegger Student Academic Work Nazi National Socialism On Heidegger

Heidegger and Nazism

by Farías, Víctor (1989)

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In part, the importance o f the book depends on the importance attributed to Heidegger, who, as this century draws to a close, looms ever larger as one o f the principal philosophers o f our age— perhaps, as some argue, the author o f the most important philosophical work since Hegel’s Phenomenology. There is no question that Heidegger is a most significant thinker, although the nature o f his contribution has been called into serious question since the end o f World War II because o f his link to Nazism. Heidegger stands before us as a singular case, philosophically sui generis, the source o f one o f the most influential cur­rents o f philosophical thought in our century, the only major thinker to opt for Nazism, the main example o f absolute evil in our time— possibly o f any time. The combination is without any known historical precedent.

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Heidegger, Student, Academic Work, Nazi, National Socialism

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