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Martin Heidegger : A Political Life by Ott, Hugo, 1931-2022 is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century, was published in 1927, the same year as the second volume of Hitler's Mein Kampf. The coincidence is although Heidegger's is a conspicuously abstract philosophy, delivered in a language whose enigmas often defeat interpretation, it is firmly 'grounded' (one of Heidegger's favourite terms) in its time and circumstances.Heidegger was a private supporter of Nazism from its inception, and in the 1930s made public his personal belief, pronouncing his support for Hitler. But Heidegger was not only a Nazi in his political he believed his philosophy to be the spiritual parallel to Hitler's leadership. In 1933 he was made Rektor of Freiburg University, a position which he hoped would enable him to put into practice his political and social views. He became one of the main instigators of the Nazification of German universities, encouraging students to participate in paramilitary exercises, and to salute him as if he were himself the Fuhrer. This was an aspect of the self-mythology to which he was Hannah Arendt, his one-time pupil and lover, said his involvement with Nazism could be at

Who reads Martin Heidegger : A Political Life?

Author

Ott, Hugo, 1931-2022

Publisher

Fontana Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780006861874

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Rating

3.08 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14