Heidegger, Zizek and Revolution
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Why did Martin Heidegger, the giant of continental philosophy, believe in 1933 that Hitler is the future of Europe? And why does Slavoj Zizek, "the most dangerous philosopher in the West", support Heidegger's right wing militancy?
Heidegger and Zizek are not only erudite thinkers on human being but also incorrigible revolutionaries who even after the catastrophic failures of their favourite revolutions--the October revolution for Zizek and the National Socialist revolution for Heidegger--want to overcome capitalism; undemocratically, if necessary. The two share a spirited and sophisticated rejection of the liberalist worldview and the social order based on it. The problem is not that liberalism is factually wrong, but rather that it is ethically bad. Both argue for building and educating a new collective based on human finitude and communality. In the tradition of the Enlightenment, Zizek advocates a universalist revolution, whereas Heidegger sees the transformation rooted in particular historical existence, inviting a bewildering array of mutually exclusive criticisms and apologies of his view. The crisis that Heidegger and Zizek want to address is still here, but their unquestioned Europocentrism sets a dark cloud over the whole idea of revolution.
Heidegger and Zizek are not only erudite thinkers on human being but also incorrigible revolutionaries who even after the catastrophic failures of their favourite revolutions--the October revolution for Zizek and the National Socialist revolution for Heidegger--want to overcome capitalism; undemocratically, if necessary. The two share a spirited and sophisticated rejection of the liberalist worldview and the social order based on it. The problem is not that liberalism is factually wrong, but rather that it is ethically bad. Both argue for building and educating a new collective based on human finitude and communality. In the tradition of the Enlightenment, Zizek advocates a universalist revolution, whereas Heidegger sees the transformation rooted in particular historical existence, inviting a bewildering array of mutually exclusive criticisms and apologies of his view. The crisis that Heidegger and Zizek want to address is still here, but their unquestioned Europocentrism sets a dark cloud over the whole idea of revolution.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9462096813
ISBN13:9789462096813
Release Date:May 2014
Publisher:Sense Publishers
Length:166 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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