Well we seem to have ourselves an interesting pingpong match here. On one end of the table we have Phil who may willing to accept the view that Heidegger was a bastard but believes his philosophical work is not fascistic. At the other end, we have Robert who claims that Heidegger's philosophical work is fascistic and (because?) he was a bastard. (Perhaps conversely, as well.)I suggest the first match play around the view that a phenomenological ontology of Dasein is fascistic. Robert to serve ... Walter O MUN Quoting Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxx>: > Robert Paul wrote: > > "For, in the case of Heidegger, his acceptance and support of National > Socialism is not irrelevant to his work, for his work is an expression > of that very sort of Fascism, indeed, so much so that without his > acceptance and support of the political and social policies of such > Fascism, his work would not be what it is." > > The problem, as I see it, is that the above is not philosophical. It > may very well be true, but I can't find a way of articulating it as a > philosophical point. I find no contradiction in defending Heidegger's > philosophical arguments and believing he was a bastard. > > > Sincerely, > > Phil Enns > Yogyakarta, Indonesia > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html