Heidegger in 90 Minutes

"We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.”― Martin Heidegger I'm considering sticking my head in the black hole that is Being and......more

مدتها، از سالهای دبیرستان، از نزدیک شدن به فلسفه واهمه داشتم. از ترس وا ماندن و بی دستاویز ماندن در میانه‌ی راهش، موضعم با آن شده بود تعقیب و گریز. پراکنده خواندن و رها کردن. اخیراً اما به ترسم و دلایلش خیلی فکر کردم. اگر از دو سال پیش محکمترین ریسمان وارد زندگی‌ام شده باشد، حالا واهمه‌ای نمیماند برا......more

Can you imagine falling in love with Hannah Arendt and then joining the Nazi party anyway? Wild. A great overview of Heidegger. I know reading Being and Time before Being and Nothingness is the way to go but I'm not sure I'll be able to make sense of it regardless. I certainly won't be able to read......more

If only Heidegger had read a bit more eastern mysticism he would of realized how partial his understanding was about the mystery of being. This philosopher lived a life of expedient and self centered decisions. Sexist and a passive antisemitic theres arguably certain morsel amidst his appalling beha......more

Of the 90 minutes, I’d say 60 were biographical, including Heidegger’s love affair with Ms. Arendt (the author can’t resist) and of course Heidegger’s involvement with Nazi Germany. “Being” is obscure for the author; time is discussed not at all. Perhaps its understandable that Strathern dos not get......more