Indeed, Heidegger was a major influence of postmodernist thought. Philosopher Philippe Lemoine describes Heidegger, half-jokingly, as “The only man about whom one can truly say that being a Nazi was the least of his sins.” However, even if you do separate Heidegger’s politics from his philosophy, he may have bigger problems. Especially around 1927 when this book was published. It’s not clear how much Heidegger’s politics influence his writing. Of what was written, the second division is so muddled, that even after taking a companion class with dozens of hours of lectures, I still have no idea how to make sense of it. The reasons not to read Being and Time are obvious. This post is my attempt to reconcile those two beliefs. It’s also one of the most interesting and thought-provoking books I’ve read in the last decade. I just spent the last two months doing a deep dive trying to understand Martin Heidegger’s seminal work, Being and Time.
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