Filozofija i drustvo 2021 Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages: 729-738
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2104729J
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Now is the “We-Time.” Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ read as self-critical reflection of Nazi involvement
Jovanov Rastko (University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory), jovanov@instifdt.bg.ac.rs
The article analyzes Heidegger’s relation to National Socialism based on his
private writing in the “Black Notebooks,” published in their entirety (nine
volumes) this year. Although it is indisputable that Heidegger was an
enthusiastic adherent of the National Socialist program between 1930 and
1934, his private writings show his avowed philosophical delusion that the
National Socialist ‘revolution’ in Germany was going to bring about a new
beginning of philosophy beyond the metaphysical tradition. The article shows
how Heidegger criticized National Socialism after 1934, and the
circumstances of his resignation from the post of Rector of Freiburg
University in that year.
Keywords: Heidegger, National Socialism, brutality, technics, machination, metapolitics, We-Time