Why Is It Necessary to Investigate the Political Dimension of Heidegger’s Philosophy? Cover Image

De ce este necesară examinarea dimensiunii politice a filosofiei lui Heidegger?
Why Is It Necessary to Investigate the Political Dimension of Heidegger’s Philosophy?

Author(s): Cecilia Tohaneanu
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Heidegger; Being; philosophy; politics; nazism

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at emphasizing the relevance of scrutinizing the link between Heidegger’s theory of Being and his Nazi commit-ment. Significant investigations of such a link, beginning with that of Victor Farias, have challenged the „official” view that Heidegger’s theory of Being is politically neutral. That this theory could not have been deprived of political intentions is proven by Heidegger’s own view on philoso-phy as a search that stems from life and ends in life, namely as a Dasein’s way of life. Since fundamental ontology (theory) and existential analytic (practice) cannot be separated, exploring the relationship between them is even more necessary.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 148
  • Page Range: 85-89
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian
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