Re: RE: Heidegger and Marx: Reply to Iain Thompson



Eric, I believe, said he couldn't find anything Nazi in Heidegger. I made
a suggestion that the notion that authenticity required a kind of
awareness of one's mortality might lead Heidegger to think that
fostering awareness of death by the mass killings in Nazi Germany would
simply foster authenticity. It's a kind of way out suggestion, I admit.
But a good response would be one that gave documentation against it, with
quotes from B & T, for example.

The question isn't just, would such a rationalization of the situation be
inconsistent with his philosophy, the question is would such a
rationalization be fostered by the philosophy of "authenticity". And
remember, under the pressure of Nazi Germany a very vulnerable person
might reach for straws to rationalize behaviors that would protect one's
own life. And remember, it is true that Heidegger became a Nazi.

..Lois Shawver



On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Tom Blancato wrote:


> I want to develop
> this more if you are interested. Heidegger doesn't develop the "freedom"
> theme, I think.
>


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