Heidegger on Ontotheology
Technology and the Politics of Education

This book discusses much of Heidegger's later thought on metaphysics as 'ontotheology', education, and National Socialism.

Iain Thomson (Author)

9780521616591, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 July 2005

224 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.31 kg

"The book is generally well written and...intelligible almost throughout...The treatments of Kant and Nietzche are instructive and add to the read usefulness of the book. For those interested in its primary aim, and we ought to be, it is a work of real value."
-Department of Classics, Dalhousie University and King's College, Canada, Ancient Philosophy

Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the twentieth century, yet much of his later philosophy remains shrouded in confusion and controversy. Restoring Heidegger's understanding of metaphysics as 'ontotheology' to its rightful place at the center of his later thought, this book demonstrates the depth and significance of his controversial critique of technology, his appalling misadventure with Nazism, his prescient critique of the university, and his important philosophical suggestions for the future of higher education. It will be required reading for those seeking to understand the relationship between Heidegger's philosophy and National Socialism, as well as the continuing relevance of his work.

1. Ontotheology? understanding Heidegger's deconstruction of metaphysics
2. Understanding ontotheology as the basis for Heidegger's critique of technology
3. Heidegger and the politics of the university
4. Heidegger's mature vision of ontological education or: how we become what we are.

Subject Areas: Fascism & Nazism [JPFQ], History of ideas [JFCX], Philosophy of mind [HPM], Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF], Philosophy [HP]