Heidegger et la démission de la philosophie allemande

Domenico Losurdo, The Decline and Transfiguration of the West. Heidegger and German Philosophy between the Wars Even after 1918 and the collapse of the Third Reich, the main themes of pro war sentiment continued to circulate in German culture. Germany continued to be considered the only country capable of successfully combatting the materialist massification coming from the East and the democratic and socialist nihilisme which posed a fatal menace in the West. In this context, in 1936 Nietzsche appeared to Heidegger as the champion of the struggle against nihilism (and he recognized Mussolini and Hitler as having the merit of being influenced by the great philosopher). From 1939 until the defeat of Germany, each phase of the Second World War corresponded to a new stage in Heidegger's interpretation of Nietzsche. In the thought of Heidegger, as in that of Junger and Schmitt, the final condamnation of the Third Reich was absorbed in a broaders historical assessment that holds the revolutionary tradition responsible for its evolution and continues to call for the salvation of the West while transfiguring its authentic heritage.Losurdo Domenico. Heidegger et la démission de la philosophie allemande. In: L'Homme et la société, N. 95-96, 1990. Mission et démission des sciences sociales. pp. 161-172