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philosophical discourse in the shadow of the Third Reich
This book explores the phenomenon of the Third Reich from a philosophical perspective. It concentrates on how Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism are conceived by eight German thinkers from the Continental tradition, exposing and then exploring the tension between ideology and philosophy, between submission to authority and genuine critical thinking, which constitute the essence of the Continental philosophical tradition. Alon Segev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
This book explores the phenomenon of the Third Reich from a philosophical perspective. It concentrates on how Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism are conceived by eight German thinkers from the Continental tradition, exposing and then exploring the tension between ideology and philosophy, between submission to authority and genuine critical thinking, which constitute the essence of the Continental philosophical tradition
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Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One: Martin Heidegger on Humanism; Chapter Two: Carl Schmitt on God, Law, and the Führer; Chapter Three: Ernst Jünger on War for the sake of War; Chapter Four: Karl Löwith on Sense of Humor and Departure from the German Masters; Chapter Five: Hannah Arendt on Banality; Chapter Six: Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Phenomenological Disinfection of Language; Chapter Seven: Jean Améry on Phenomenology in the Death Camp; Chapter Eight: Jan Assmann on Moses and Violence; References; Index of names; Index of subjects