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I may be able to help with the Loewith reference.
There may be a confusion here. It is Loewith's persistent thesis that =
Heidegger's political engagement was in some way conditioned by his =
"decisionism" as described in Being and Time, thereby portraying =
Loewith's very ambiguous relation to Heidegger's work. On the one hand =
Loewith wishes to support the existential "structural analytic of =
Dasein", the "middle part" of Being and Time, on the other, he is a =
critic of the introduction (arguing that it is too much like the later =
work).
The actual reference is not, I think a letter, and does not directly =
refer to Being and Time. It is to be found in "Mein Leben in =
Deutschland vor und nach 1933 - Ein Bericht" (Stuttgart, Metzler 1986), =
published posthumously, although Loewith repeatedly plunders this work =
in order to form others. The whole work is translated as "My Life in =
Germany Before and After 1933 - A Report" by Elizabeth King, London, =
Athlone, 1994. The reference in German is p. 57, the English p. 59, in =
a section entitled "Mein letztes Wiedersehen mit Husserl in Freiburg =
1933 und mit Heidegger in Rom 1936" (My last reunion with Husserl in =
Freiburg in 1933 and with Heidegger in Rome in 1936). Richard Wolin has =
a translation of the relevant part in "The Heidegger Controversy" =
London, MIT, 1993, p. 141.
The relevant passage reads:
... I (Loewith) tried to induce him to comment freely (on the situation =
in Germany) ... I was of the opinion that his partisanship for National =
Socialism lay in the essence of his philosophy. Heidegger agreed with =
me without reservation, and added that his concept of 'historicity' =
formed the basis of his political 'engagement'.
By the time of this encounter (1936) Heidegger had already elaborated in =
some detail his understanding of the difference between "Historie" =
(usually translated as historiography) and "Geschichte" (history as =
such, but from which we get all the connected references of the =
"Schicken" (sending) of being, das "Schicksal" - the fated or =
fatefulness of being etc. Certainly in 1937 (Gesamtausgabe 45) =
Heidegger lectured at length on the difference between Historie and =
Geschichte, and it is a theme he returns to again and again both before =
and after the war. It is therefore conceivable that Sein und Zeit is =
not particularly being referred to here (in Rome) by Heidegger, although =
goodness only knows what Loewith thinks he is talking about. As far as =
I can tell Loewith's particular defence of what he liked in Heidegger is =
a defence of something that only ever existed in his own head.
If there is a letter, I would be interested to know about it.
Hope this is useful.
Laurence Hemming
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