Heidegger, Žižek and Revolution / by Tere Vadén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vadén, Tere, Author.

Series:

Perspectives of Critical Theory and Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why did Martin Heidegger, the giant of continental philosophy, believe in 1933 that Hitler is the future of Europe? And why does Slavoj Žižek, “the most dangerous philosopher in the West”, support Heidegger’s right wing militancy? Heidegger and Žižek are not only erudite thinkers on human being but also incorrigible revolutionaries who even after the catastrophic failures of their favourite revolutions – the October revolution for Žižek and the National Socialist revolution for Heidegger – want to overcome capitalism; undemocratically, if necessary. The two share a spirited and sophisticated rejection of the liberalist worldview and the social order based on it. The problem is not that liberalism is factually wrong, but rather that it is ethically bad. Both argue for building and educating a new collective based on human finitude and communality. In the tradition of the Enlightenment, Žižek advocates a universalist revolution, whereas Heidegger sees the transformation rooted in particular historical existence, inviting a bewildering array of mutually exclusive criticisms and apologies of his view. The crisis that Heidegger and Žižek want to address is still here, but their unquestioned Europocentrism sets a dark cloud over the whole idea of revolution.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Metaphysics is Politics

Heidegger on Revolution

What is Wrong in Heidegger’s Revolution?

Industrial Agriculture and Concentration Camps or the Will and Evil

Žižek on a See-Saw

Žižek and Heidegger Avec Means

Bibliography.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9789462096837

946209683X

OCLC:

887813813