Heidegger and Politics
Nazism, Care, and the Future of Democracy
1st Edition
Published on 11. December 2025
240 pages
978-1-9787-6800-0 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, Martin Heidegger is also notorious for having taken a political and philosophical path that led to Nazism, support for a Führer state, and an agonal attitude toward space and place in politics. Yet, there was another path open to him - one found in the pages of Heidegger's master work, Being and Time (1927). This alternate path is based on the structures of care that are not only readily apparent in Being and Time, but prove essential to forging a better understanding of democracy and of political community. Heidegger and Politics: Nazism, Care, and the Future of Democracy begins by tracing the politico-philosophical path Heidegger actually took, then turns to shaping a robust vision of a 'politics of care' from key elements in Being and Time presenting it as a way to resist the 'politics of contempt.'
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-6800-0 (9781978768000)
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Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Three Approaches to Heidegger and Politics
Chapter 2: Heidegger and Politics
Chapter 3: Philosophical Foundations of a Politics of Care
Chapter 4: A Politics of Care
Chapter 5: Care Over Contempt
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
Chapter 1: Three Approaches to Heidegger and Politics
Chapter 2: Heidegger and Politics
Chapter 3: Philosophical Foundations of a Politics of Care
Chapter 4: A Politics of Care
Chapter 5: Care Over Contempt
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
