Thinking and killing : philosophical discourse in the shadow of the Third Reich / by Alon Segev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segev, Alon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Mass murder.

National socialism and philosophy.

Philosophy, German--20th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 113 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9781614511021

1614511020

9781614511014

1614511012

OCLC:

862745919