Heidegger and Criticism: Retrieving the Cultural Politics of Destruction

by William V. Spanos

In "Heidegger and Criticism: Retrieving the Cultural Politics of Destruction", William Spanos examines the controversy, both in Europe and the United States, surrounding Heidegger and recent disclosures about his Nazi past. Not intended as a defense or apology for Heidegger's thought, Spanos instead affirms the importance of Heidegger's "antihumanist" interrogation of the modern age, its globalization of technology, and its neo-imperialist politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816620970
• ISBN13: 9780816620975
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"