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This is the first English translation of the seminar Martin Heidegger gave during the Winter of 1934-35, which dealt with Hegel's Philosophy of Right. This remarkable text is the only one in which Heidegger interprets Hegel's masterpiece in the tradition of Continental political philosophy while offering a glimpse into Heidegger's own political thought following his engagement with Nazism. It also confronts the ideas of Carl Schmitt, allowing readers to reconstruct the relation between politics and ontology. The book is enriched by a collection of interpretations of the seminar, written by select European and North American political thinkers and philosophers. Their essays aim to make the seminar accessible to students of political theory and philosophy, as well as to open new directions for debating the relation between the two disciplines. A unique contribution, this volume makes available key lectures by Heidegger that will interest a wide readership of students and scholars.
List of contents
PART I. Understanding Heidegger's 1934-5 Seminar on Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Chapter 1: Heidegger, Hegel, and the Political (Peter Trawny)
Chapter 2: Hegel in 1933 (Susanna Lindberg)
Chapter 3: The Question of Political Existence: Hegel, Heidegger, Schmitt (Michael Marder)
Chapter 4: Politics and Ontological Difference in Heidegger (Alexandre Franco de Sá)
Chapter 5: Self-Assertion as Founding (Richard Polt)
Chapter 6: Philosophy without Right? Some Notes on Heidegger's Notes for the 1934/35 'Hegel Seminar' (Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback & Michael Marder)
PART II. Martin Heidegger: HEGEL'S PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT. Winter Semester, 1934-35
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About the author
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is regarded as one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers.Peter Trawny is Professor of Philosophy at Bergische University, Wuppertal, Germany. A specialist in phenomenological and hermeneutical political philosophy and aesthetics, he is the author of books on Heidegger, Hegel, Arendt, and Plato, and a co-editor of Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe, or the complete works (vol. 35, 69.73, 90).Marcia Cavalcante Schuback is Professor of Philosophy at Södertörn University, Sweden. The translator of Heidegger's Being and Time into Portuguese, she specializes in German idealism, hermeneutical phenomenology, and contemporary philosophy. Her books include Praise of Nothingness: Essays on Philosophical Hermeneutics (Glanta, 2006) and The Beginning of God: An Inquiry into Schelling's Late Philosophy (Vozes, 1998).Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec), Berlin, Germany. His writings span the fields of ecological theory, phenomenology, and political thought. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and monographs, including Plant-Thinking (2013), The Philosopher’s Plant (2014), Dust (2016), Energy Dreams (2017), Heidegger (2018), Political Categories (2019), Pyropolitics (2015, 2020), Dump Philosophy (2020); Hegel's Energy (2021), Green Mass (2021), Philosophy for Passengers (2022), The Phoenix Complex (2023), Time Is a Plant (2023), and, with Edward S. Casey, Plants in Place (2024). More information at michaelmarder.org.
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The notes from Heidegger's seminar on Hegel's Philosophy of Right are an indispensable source for any serious understanding of Heidegger's relation to National Socialism as well as his conception of politics more generally. Readers of Andrew Mitchell's excellent translation are fortunate that in this volume they will find half a dozen thoughtful essays to guide them through this important but enigmatic text. Robert Bernasconi, Penn State University
