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Record Nr.

UNISA996308843203316

Autore

Segev Alon

Titolo

Thinking and killing : philosophical discourse in the shadow of the Third Reich / / by Alon Segev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 2013

Boston ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61451-102-0

1-61451-101-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 113 pages)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Moral and ethical aspects

Mass murder

National socialism and philosophy

Philosophy, German - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Martin Heidegger on Humanism -- Chapter Two. Carl Schmitt on God, Law, and the Führer -- Chapter Three. Ernst Jünger on War for the sake of War -- Chapter Four. Karl Löwith on Sense of Humor and Departure from the German Masters -- Chapter Five. Hannah Arendt on Banality -- Chapter Six. Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Phenomenological Disinfection of Language -- Chapter Seven. Jean Améry on Phenomenology in the Death Camp -- Chapter Eight. Jan Assmann on Moses and Violence -- References -- Index of names -- Index of subjects

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the phenomenon of the Third Reich from a philosophical perspective. It concentrates on the ways in which the subjects and experiences of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism are conceived by eight German thinkers from the Continental tradition. These eight intellectuals include Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Karl Löwith, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Jünger, Jean Améry, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Jan Assmann. Based on careful philosophical



examinations of both known and unknown texts of these eight thinkers (including an English translation of two forgotten texts by Schmitt and Jünger), this study exposes and then explores the tension between ideology and philosophy, between submission to authority and genuine critical thinking, all of which constitute the essence of the Continental philosophical tradition.