Subject: Re: Heidegger in Germany
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:15:47 -0000


I've been away from e-mail for a few days, and have just finished working
through the discussions of Heidegger and politics. Not directly in response
to any of these, but on the general point, it seems to me as if Heidegger's
interpretation of the call for philosopher-kings in Plato's Politeia goes
through a subtle shift between 1932/3 (GA34 and the Rectoral Address) and
1936/42 (GA40 and GA53). Given that this was (at least partly) behind his
active political involvement I think it sheds some interesting light on his
distancing from it.

Relatedly, since reading GA29/30 I've been more convinced than ever that
Heidegger had nothing in common with biologistic Nazism. See also the
remarks in GA39.

Best wishes

Stuart





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