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I Don't Think Heidegger's Philosophy Entails Nazism
I don't think Heidegger's philosophy entails Nazism in the way that a lot of his critics are saying it's you know I think that that very much is a product of his moment. What if national socialism was simply a strong sense of German pride which by the way every 20th century nation had like wanted to encourage that kind of strong nationalism yes maybe some imperial aspirations but what if what if Jews were totally accepted as provided that they were Germanic in their pride rightYeah no I agree there are a lot of historical contingencies there that made it so that Heidegger’s brief idealistic effusion latched on to what just so happened to be the most exoc