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The Geist of Israel in Heidegger’s Free Use of the German National
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20409123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Fagenblat (0000-0003-2321-2682, Department of Literature, Language, and the Arts, The Open University Raanana Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 176-223 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-699X • E-ISSN: 1477-285X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1477285x-12341359 |
| OpenAlex | W4393987190 |
| Language | EN |
This article examines the way Heidegger’s account of the unique spiritual mission of the German people is haunted by certain conceptions of the election of Israel. I argue that Heidegger’s political ontology is informed by three conceptions of the mission of Israel: biblical salvation history, kabbalistic panentheism, and Germany literary Hebraism. To link these disparate historical phenomena to Heidegger’s account of the mission of being German, I develop a methodological approach for understanding Heidegger’s “free use of the national” that accounts for the way it binds different sources into a new figure that is haunted by the spirit of Israel
Epistemology · Geist · German · Linguistics · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |