Wasn't Hitler just an ordinary humanitarian?
There's an interesting book entitled "The aconceptual mind: Heideggerian
themes in holistic naturalism" by Pauli Pylkkö. Chapter seven "Is nazism
humansim?" might be of interest for you.
Thanks James. But i think i know where i am with modern humanism - Heidegger
wrote a little book on it.
So, i presume that it's the humanists and humanitarians themselves who ought
to do some more reading, no: that can't help them. More victims....
Alas for them, there's going to be another light on things, and this light
is a bit darker than they like.
but thanks again, i'll try take a look.
regards
rene
TO RENE:
Ah, the letters on Humanism (or whatever it's called in English). I haven't had time to read that; I'm still an undergraduate student, by the way. I think I understand very clearly your position on humanism.
The Pylkkö book is interesting however in other respects too. E.g. if one is into aconceptuality, etc or wanting to get past the stalemates within conscioussness research, etc, etc. The reason I know of this somewhat unknown, radical book is that the author was a sort of mentor for the department head of the program I'm studying. Pylkkö himself is kind of a mythical figure amongst some of the students and faculty here. He was allegedly a love-or-hate person, quite eccentric, and then disappeared to Northern Germany to build boats because he thought the academic life was the most degrading period of his life.
Personally: It's wonderful that we can, around here, be so obtuse and crude about someone's character even in the midst of all banal norms we live out.
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