{"product_id":"heidegger-and-the-myth-of-peter-trawny-9780226303734","title":"Heidegger and the Myth of a Jewish World Conspiracy","description":"In 2014, the first three volumes of Heidegger's \u003ci\u003eBlack \u003c\/i\u003eNotebooks--the personal and philosophical notebooks that he kept during the war years\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ewere published in Germany. These notebooks provide the first textual evidence of anti-Semitism in Heidegger's philosophy, not simply in passing remarks, but as incorporated into his philosophical and political thinking itself. In \u003ci\u003eHeidegger and the Myth of a Jewish World Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Trawny, the editor of those notebooks, offers the first evaluation of Heidegger's philosophical project in light of the\u003ci\u003e Black Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Heidegger's affiliation with National Socialism is well known, the anti-Semitic dimension of that engagement could not be fully told until now. Trawny traces Heidegger's development of a grand \"narrative\" of the history of being, the \"being-historical thinking\" at the center of Heidegger's work after \u003ci\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/i\u003e. Two of the protagonists of this narrative are well known to Heidegger's readers: the Greeks and the Germans. The world-historical antagonist of this narrative, however, has remained hitherto undisclosed: the Jews, or, more specifically, \"world Judaism.\" As Trawny shows, world Judaism emerges as a racialized, destructive, and technological threat to the German homeland, indeed, to any homeland whatsoever. Trawny pinpoints recurrent, anti-Semitic themes in the \u003ci\u003eNotebooks\u003c\/i\u003e, including Heidegger's adoption of crude cultural stereotypes, his assigning of racial reasons to philosophical decisions (even undermining his Jewish teacher, Edmund Husserl), his endorsement of a Jewish \"world conspiracy,\" and his first published remarks on the extermination camps and gas chambers (under the troubling aegis of a Jewish \"self-annihilation\"). Trawny concludes with a thoughtful meditation on how Heidegger's achievements might still be valued despite these horrifying facets. Unflinching and systematic, this is one of the most important assessments of one of the most important philosophers in our history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Trawny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022630373X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226303734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Peter Trawny","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086401351935,"sku":"9780226303734","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ca9c0bc-137a-40f6-b623-18bc051b0a27.jpg?v=1769094472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heidegger-and-the-myth-of-peter-trawny-9780226303734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}