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Bezig met laden... Tyranny and Revolution: Rousseau to Heidegger (2022)door Waller R. Newell
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The Philosophy of Freedom from Rousseau to Heidegger launched a great protest against modern liberal individualism, inspired by the virtuous political community of the ancient Greeks. Hegel argued that the progress of history was gradually bringing about greater freedom and restoring our lost sense of community. But his successors Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger rejected Hegel's version of the end of history with its legitimization of the bourgeois nation-state. They sought to replace it with ever more utopian, apocalyptic and illiberal visions of the future: Marx's Socialism, Nietzsche's Overman, and Heidegger's commitment to Nazism. This book combines an exceptionally clear and rich study of these thinkers with a deep dive into the extent to which their views fed the political catastrophes of revolution, tyranny and genocide, including the Jacobins, Bolsheviks, Nazis, Khmer Rouge, ISIS and populist nationalism, but argues that the Philosophy of Freedom remains indispensable for understanding today's world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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My personal background leans very much toward Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger so I was very interested in Newell's readings of them. While I don't fully agree with every bit of his analysis (c'mon, who ever agrees completely with anyone's analysis) I found a number of areas I will revisit. Since I have retired I have missed just this type of thinking, the give and take (even with a written text) which leads to rethinking both major positions and subtle nuance.
In particular, Heidegger can be a problematic figure. As Newell makes clear, you can't ignore his political beliefs during the Nazi period. Yet one can't dismiss ideas because of the use they were put to, whether by the thinker or by those who might later misappropriate them. When I was first studying Heidegger his political leanings were either less known (in the US) or overlooked, so I didn't grapple with this aspect until well after finding a lot I found useful in his work.
While I am not going to go back and reread everything, there are several areas that I want to look into more carefully. After doing so I want to come back to Newell's book with whatever new(ish) perspectives I may have. I don't mention this because I think you are all that concerned with what I want to do, but rather to point out that no matter how familiar you might be with these philosophers you will likely want to step away do some research and analysis of your own. Newell offers wonderful notes that include both ideas and sources, plus an extensive bibliography. Whatever areas you will want to delve deeper into you will find other sources to assist you.
I would highly recommend this to readers either in academia or those who have some grounding in modern philosophy and want to have some of these thinkers placed in intellectual proximity to each other. While this isn't a breezy read it is accessible for those with an interest. That said, if you're just casually interested you may not want to devote the time to thinking through everything.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. (