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The Self-Assertion of the German University
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Heidegger’s 1933 rectoral address is read here as political evidence. The translation witness and the notebook evidence each have their own limits, which are kept distinct.
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Heidegger: being, a shared world and its limits · Lesson 8 of 12
Philosophy under political judgment
Heidegger’s political commitments put his philosophy under judgment. The lesson separates established evidence from reported notebook passages, compares Di Cesare’s and Malpas’s readings and judges claims without exempting the work from its history.
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Heidegger: being, a shared world and its limits
Begin with familiar encounters and follow Heidegger’s questions about being, a finite life, truth, art, dwelling and technology. Examine what the arguments explain, what they leave open and how they fare under political and ethical criticism.