The Duplicity of Philosophy's Shadow by Elliot R. Wolfson - 9780231185639

Columbia University Press

The Duplicity of Philosophy's ShadowHeidegger, Nazism, and the Jewish Other\nAuthor(s): Elliot R. Wolfson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231185639, 978-0231185639\nSynopsis\nMartin Heidegger [tel] is considered one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century in spite of his well-known transgressionshis complicity with National Socialism and his inability to show remorse or compassion for its victims. In The Duplicity of Philosophys Shadow, Elliot R. Wolfson intervenes in a debate that has seen much attention in scholarly and popular media from a unique perspective, as a scholar of Jewish mysticism and philosophy who has been profoundly influenced by Heideggers work.\n\nWolfson sets out to probe Heideggers writings to expose what remains unthought. In spite of Heideggers explicit anti-Semitic statements, Wolfson reveals some crucial aspects of his thinkingincluding criticism of.