Nature, History, State 1933-1934 [Hardcover]

Nature, History, State: 1933-1934presents the first complete English-language translation of Heidegger's seminar 'On the Essence and Concepts of Nature, History and State', together with full introductory material and interpretive essays by five leading thinkers and scholars: Robert Bernasconi, Peter Eli Gordon, Marion Heinz, Theodore Kisiel and Slavoj }i~ek.

The seminar, which was held while Heidegger was serving as National Socialist rector of the University of Freiburg, represents important evidence of the development of Heidegger's political thought. The text consists of ten 'protocols' on the seminar sessions, composed by students and reviewed by Heidegger. The first session's protocol is a rather personal commentary on the atmosphere in the classroom, but the remainder have every appearance of being faithful transcripts of Heidegger's words, in which he raises a variety of fundamental questions about nature, history and the state. The seminar culminates in an attempt to sketch a political philosophy that supports the 'F?hrerstate'. The text is important evidence for anyone considering the tortured question of Heidegger's Nazism and its connection to his philosophy in general.

About the Contributors
Editors' Introduction
Part I: On the Essence and Concept of Nature, History, and State
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8
Session 9
Session 10
Part II: Interpretive Essays
VolkandF?hrer Marion Heinz
Heidegger in PurgatoryPeter E. Gordon
Who Belongs? Heidegger's Philosophy of the Volk in 1933-34Robert Bernasconi
The Seminar of Winter Semester 1933-34 Within Heidegger's Three Concepts of the PoliticalTheodore Kisiel
Heidegger in the Foursome of Struggle, Historicity, Will, andGelassenheit Slavoj }i~ek
Endnotes
Index

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