Thinking and Killing: Philosophical Discourse in the Shadow of the Third Reich

Alon Segev

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2013

Thinking and Killing

Philosophical Discourse in the Shadow of the Third Reich

Alon Segev

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511014

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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.

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Alon Segev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Martin Heidegger on Humanism Publicly Available Download PDF	8
Chapter Two. Carl Schmitt on God, Law, and the Führer Publicly Available Download PDF	22
Chapter Three. Ernst Jünger on War for the sake of War Publicly Available Download PDF	35
Chapter Four. Karl Löwith on Sense of Humor and Departure from the German Masters Publicly Available Download PDF	47
Chapter Five. Hannah Arendt on Banality Publicly Available Download PDF	55
Chapter Six. Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Phenomenological Disinfection of Language Publicly Available Download PDF	66
Chapter Seven. Jean Améry on Phenomenology in the Death Camp Publicly Available Download PDF	78
Chapter Eight. Jan Assmann on Moses and Violence Publicly Available Download PDF	84
References Publicly Available Download PDF	93
Index of names Publicly Available Download PDF	99
Index of subjects Publicly Available Download PDF	102

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Holocaust studies, in particular the intellectual and philosophical response to Nazism and the Holocaust, as well as 20th-century German intellectual history in general.
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 104

eBook

Published: October 29, 2013
ISBN: 9781614511014

Hardcover

Published: October 17, 2013
ISBN: 9781614511281