Re: [Pen-l] Heidegger and Nazism [was: Exchange on I.F. Stone

[Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
Hi Ravi, I don't think one can call it a smear to refer to Heidegger  
as a Nazi.  The main point for me is why his philosophy would allow  
him to go down this road.  You can't fault Obama on the one hand as a  
closet righty, and find Heidegger free of the not just association  
with Nazism, but participation in the party itself.  For example the  
racist position of the party cannot be ignored.

Being is so broad in Heidegger, so lacking in meaning because he can  
play with nothingness as if it was saying something in a philosophical  
sense.  He can't materially make sense of the world via an  
undefinable, or unknowable 'nothing'.  Hence, attaching himself to  
Nazism is logical action to promote an empty position.

What do I do with being?  Is it knowledge?  Is thinking?  What is being?

Were I on the Soviet side and we captured Heidegger I would certainly  
have imprisoned him.  His philosophy in some fundamental sense must  
free him from Nazism, from letting oppression roll on.  I may not have  
shot him for crimes against society.  But I would very strongly  
criticize him for faulty philosophical foundations.  In other words I  
expect a philosophy to free us from oppression.  This is not the place  
to present deep arguments.  But this list can offer at least clear  
opinion.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
On Nov 21, 2008, at 8:29 AM, ravi wrote:

> Hence my parenthetical point that the Heidegger smear is more  
> "technically accurate".

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