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This book critically examines the debate on Martin Heidegger's concept of
Entscheidung ("decision") and his engagement and confrontation with Nazism in terms of his broader philosophical thought, along with its connection to his understanding of individual "fate" and national (and European) "destiny".
List of contents
Preface. Introduction: The "Debate" Again 1. Heidegger’s "Historical" Situation 2. Heidegger on Kant and Practical Reason 3. Heidegger’s Intimations of Entscheidung 4. Concluding Reflections. Bibliography. Index
About the author
Norman K. Swazo is Professor of Philosophy, Department of History and Philosophy, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He specializes in recent European philosophy, ethics in international affairs, biomedical ethics, and philosophy of religion, and has numerous publications in journals within these areas. He is the author of several books, including Crisis Theory and World Order: Heideggerian Reflections (2002), Destroying Idols: Revisioning the Meaning of ‘God’ (2019), and editor of Contemporary Moral Problems and Applied Ethics: An Anthology (2018).
Summary
This book critically examines the debate on Martin Heidegger’s concept of Entscheidung ("decision") and his engagement and confrontation with Nazism in terms of his broader philosophical thought, along with its connection to his understanding of individual "fate" and national (and European) "destiny".
