Philosophy and politics make uneasy bedfellows. Nowhere has this been more true than in Nazi Germany, where the pursuit of truth and the will to power became fatally entangled. Though Martin Heidegger's Nazi past is well known and much debated, less is understood about the role of philosophy - and other philosophers - in the rise and development of National Socialism.

Heidegger’s Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

Politics & Social Sciences

Sluga, Hans

Philosophy

Harvard University Press

Heidegger's Crisis shows not only how the Nazis exploited philosophical ideas and used philosophers to gain public acceptance, but also how German philosophers played into the hands of the Nazis. Hans Sluga describes the growth, from World War I onward, of a powerful right-wing movement in German philosophy, in which nationalistic, antisemitic, and antidemocratic ideas flourished.

Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

History

Heidegger's Crisis shows not only how the Nazis exploited philosophical ideas and used philosophers to gain public acceptance, but also how German philosophers played into the hands of the Nazis. Hans Sluga describes the growth, from World War I onward, of a powerful right-wing movement in German philosophy, in which nationalistic, antisemitic, and antidemocratic ideas flourished.

Politics and the Search for the Common Good

Rethinking politics in a new vocabulary, Hans Sluga challenges the firmly held assumption that there exists a single common good which politics is meant to realize. He argues that politics is not a natural but a historical phenomenon, and not a single thing but a multiplicity of political forms and values only loosely related. He contrasts two traditions in political philosophy: a 'normative theorizing' that extends from Plato to John Rawls and a newer 'diagnostic practice' that emerged with Marx and Nietzsche and has found its three most prominent twentieth-century practitioners in Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. He then examines the sources of diagnostic political thinking, analyzes its achievements, and offers a critical assessment of its limitations. His important book will be of interest to a wide range of upper-level students and scholars in political philosophy, political theory, and the history of ideas.

Cambridge University Press

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein presents a concise, comprehensive, and systematic treatment of Ludwig Wittgenstein's thought from his early work, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, to the posthumous publication of On Certainty, notes written just prior to his death. <ul>
<li>A substantial scholarly addition to our understanding of one of the most original and influential thinkers of the twentieth century, by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, Hans Sluga</li> <li>Proposes an original new interpretation of Wittgenstein's work</li> <li>Written to also be accessible to readers unfamiliar with Wittgenstein's thought</li> <li>Includes discussion of the social and political background and contemporary relevance of Wittgenstein's thoughts</li> </ul>

Wiley/Blackwell

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

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Heidegger’s Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

Politics and the Search for the Common Good

Politics and the Search for the Common Good

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein