Il complotto di Heidegger

The Black Notebooks are not so much a confirmation of Heidegger’s well-known anti-Semitism and Nazism, but rather a proof of the fact that Heidegger had worked out a philosophical plot: to write anti-Semitic works in a deliberately obscure language (for example, talking about “homelessness” to indic...

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Main Author: Maurizio Ferraris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2016-09-01
Series:Rivista di Estetica
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1217
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Summary:The Black Notebooks are not so much a confirmation of Heidegger’s well-known anti-Semitism and Nazism, but rather a proof of the fact that Heidegger had worked out a philosophical plot: to write anti-Semitic works in a deliberately obscure language (for example, talking about “homelessness” to indicate Judaism), and publish their decryption key, i.e. the Black Notebooks, once the defeated Nazism returned to power. This undoubtedly sounds like science-fiction. But the idea is not ours: it’s Heidegger’s.
ISSN:0035-6212
2421-5864