Heidegger : his life & his philosophy / Alain Badiou & Barbara Cassin ; translated by Susan Spitzer ; introduction by Kenneth Reinhard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badiou, Alain, author.

Cassin, Barbara, author.

Series:

Insurrections

Insurrections: critical studies in religion, politics, and culture

Standardized Title:

Heidegger. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Relations with women.

Heidegger, Martin.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Political and social views.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

National socialism and philosophy.

Political and social views.

Relations with women.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 97 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Martin Heidegger was an ordinary Nazi and a loyal member of the provincial petty bourgeoisie. He was also a seminal thinker of the Continental tradition and one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. Should we factor Heidegger's domestic and political associations into our understanding of his thought, or should we treat his intellectual work independently of his abhorrent politics? In Heidegger, Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin immerse themselves in the philosopher's correspondence with his wife Elfride to answer these questions as they relate to Heidegger and all thinkers vulnerable to the politics of their times. They focus on Heidegger's tormented relationship with his wife, with Hannah Arendt, and with numerous other women, bringing an unusual level of intimacy to his personal and intellectual worlds. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Heidegger "Affair" 1

Local Disagreement 1

Local Disagreement 2

Local Disagreement 3

2 About the Uses of the Word Jew 17

Local Disagreement 4

3 About Nazism 29

4 Planetary Prose in the German Provinces 35

5 Heidegger's Women 39

Hypotheses 1, Barbara Cassin

Hypotheses 2, Alain Badiou

6 Maneuvering and Career 49

7 Couples from France and Germany 53

8 Linguistic Transfiguration 59.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231157964

0231157967

9780231157971

0231157975

OCLC:

940341976