Segev Thinking and Killing

Philosophical Discourse in the Shadow of the Third Reich
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-61451-101-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 113 Seiten

This book explores the phenomenon of the Third Reich from a philosophical perspective. It concentrates on the ways in which the subjects and experiences of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism are conceived by eight German thinkers from the Continental tradition. These eight intellectuals include Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Karl Löwith, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Jünger, Jean Améry, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Jan Assmann. Based on careful philosophical examinations of both known and unknown texts of these eight thinkers (including an English translation of two forgotten texts by Schmitt and Jünger), this study exposes and then explores the tension between ideology and philosophy, between submission to authority and genuine critical thinking, all of which constitute the essence of the Continental philosophical tradition.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Holocaust studies, in particular the intellectual and philosophical response to Nazism and the Holocaust, as well as 20th-century German intellectual history in general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Segev, Alon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Antisemitismus, Pogrome, Shoah
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Antisemitismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;5
2;Introduction;11
3;Chapter One: Martin Heidegger on Humanism;18
4;Chapter Two: Carl Schmitt on God, Law, and the Führer;32
5;Chapter Three: Ernst Jünger on War for the sake of War;45
6;Chapter Four: Karl Löwith on Sense of Humor and Departure from the German Masters;57
7;Chapter Five: Hannah Arendt on Banality;65
8;Chapter Six: Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Phenomenological Disinfection of Language;76
9;Chapter Seven: Jean Améry on Phenomenology in the Death C88
10;Chapter Eight: Jan Assmann on Moses and Violence;94
11;References;103
12;Index of names;109
13;Index of subjects;112

Über Autor(innen)

Alon Segev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.