Description
Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism.
Author: Karl Löwith
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04/13/1998
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.90w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780231084079
ISBN10: 0231084072
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern
- Philosophy | Movements | Deconstruction
About the Author
Karl Lowith (1897-1973) taught philosophy at the University of Marburg until forced out of Germany in 1934.Richard Wolin, professor of modern European intellectual history at Rice University, is the author of many books, including The Politics of Being: The Political Thought of Martin Heidegger (Columbia).