Title: Nature
Description: Nature, History, State: 1933-1934 presents the first complete English-language translation of Heidegger's seminar 'On the Essence and Concepts of Nature, History and State', together with full introductory material and interpretive essays by five leading thinkers and scholars: Robert Bernasconi, Peter Eli Gordon, Marion Heinz, Theodore Kisiel and Slavoj Žižek. The seminar, which was held while Heidegger was serving as National Socialist rector of the University of Freiburg, represents important juncture in the development of Heidegger's political thought. The text is important evidence for anyone considering the tortured question of Heidegger's Nazism and its connection to his philosophy in general.
Subjects: Heidegger, martin, 1889-1976, Philosophy, Political science, History, National socialism