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Part 3 of 4. Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 4 here.
Heidegger treats it as a matter of fact that Jews have a marked predisposition for “planetary criminality.” But as a philosopher, he cannot be comfortable merely noting this fact. He wants to understand it, Read more …
Heidegger & the Jewish Question, Part 4
Part 4 of 4. Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 3 here.
As Heidegger’s letters on resisting the “Jewification” of German life indicate, he was not merely interested in understanding Jewish power, he also wished to combat it. Heidegger wished, however, to counter Jewish power on the most fundamental level, namely by fighting against the rootless, nihilistic modern world in which Jewish power flourished Read more …