Daimon Life by David Farrell Krell

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The disclosure of Martin Heidegger's complicity with the National Socialist regime in 1933-34 has provoked virulent debate about the relationship between his politics and his philosophy. This book traces Heidegger's political authoritarianism to his failure to develop a constructive 'life-philosophy' - his phobic reactions to other forms of being.

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Daimon Life by David Farrell Krell

The disclosure of Martin Heidegger's complicity with the National Socialist regime in 1933-34 has provoked virulent debate about the relationship between his politics and his philosophy. This book traces Heidegger's political authoritarianism to his failure to develop a constructive 'life-philosophy' - his phobic reactions to other forms of being.
".. masterful ..." Journal of Religion and Health "This complex study is a very rich tour de force, showing an awareness of the details of Heidegger's life and corpus, and of more recent Continental philosophy, that only Krell and a few other scholars of his rank could have... a feast for connoisseurs ..." Choice

DAVID FARRELL KRELL is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is author of Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing: On the Verge and Postponements: Woman, Sensuality, and Death in Nietzsche and translator of Nietzsche; Early Greek Thinking; and Basic Writings by Martin Heidegger.

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ISBN 13 9780253207395
ISBN 10 0253207398
Title Daimon Life
Author David Farrell Krell
Series Studies In Continental Thought
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Indiana University Press
Year published 1992-12-22
Number of pages 372
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