Heidegger, History and the Holocaust

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Abstract FC Half title Available from the same author Title Copyright Dedication Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Re-assessing the ‘Affair’ The ‘Affair’ and the rhetorical rules since the Second World War Heidegger’s refusal to recant Heidegger’s remarks on the Holocaust 2 The Essence of Technology and the Holocaust Heidegger’s ‘Agriculture Remark’ as epigraph The Holocaust and the ‘revealing’ rhetoric of the Final Solution The Wannsee Conference Protocol Auschwitz: Factory of death But where have we strayed to? 3 Heidegger’s ‘Heritage’: Philosophy, Anti-Modernism and Cultural Pessimism Adorno and the ‘jargon’ of German authenticity Bourdieu and Heidegger’s ontological politics Zimmerman and the ‘influence’ of Spengler Oswald Spengler – Man and Technics Ernst Jünger Total mobilization Bodenständigkeit, Gelassenheit and the Memorial Address 4 The Authentic Dasein of a People Heidegger and the authentic Dasein of a people Freedom toward death 5 Heidegger and Antisemitism Nature, History, State The Origin of the Work of Art The Self Assertion of the German University The Nazi Rector Conclusion Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Index