Heidegger's Polemos: From Being to Politics

by Gregory Fried

Book Overview

Gregory Fried offers in this book a careful investigation of Martin Heidegger's understanding of politics. Disturbing issues surround Heidegger's commitment to National Socialism, his disdain for liberal democracy, and his rejection of the Enlightenment. Fried confronts these issues, focusing not on the historical debate over Heidegger's personal involvement with Nazism, but on whether and how the formulation of Heidegger's ontology relates to his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300208987
• ISBN13: 9780300208986
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"