Abstract

Martin Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism in the Germany that led Europe to war and destruction a half-century ago is without question a serious issue. What is not universally conceded is that this issue is a serious philosophical matter, rather than purely a question of historical fact or of the merely personal behavior on the part of a particular individual. The principal aim of Rockmore's book is to present a case that Heidegger's engagement in National Socialism is precisely, and deeply, a specifically philosophical issue.