Heidegger, Philosophy, and Politics: The Heidelberg Conference

by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques Derrida

Book Overview

In February 1988, philosophers Jacques Derrida, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe came together in Heidelberg before a large audience to discuss the philosophical and political implications of Martin Heidegger's thought. This event took place in the very amphitheater in which, more than fifty years earlier, Heidegger, as rector of the University of Freiburg and a member of the Nazi Party, had given a speech entitled "The University...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823273679
• ISBN13: 9780823273676
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"