Reviews for The shadow of that thought

The average rating for The shadow of that thought based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-06 00:00:00 Randall Ashton Along with Derrida's Of Spirit, one of the two best philosophical considerations of the meaning of Heidegger's National Socialism in the context of his philosophy. The notion of national aestheticism is crucial for understanding what Heidegger thought he was getting himself into and what he actually got himself into. One of the most important projects of Lacoue-Labarthe's other works is to recuperate an understanding of ontology and poetry other than this national aestheticism (what Derrida calls Lacoue-Labarthe's "positive deconstruction." This book only hints at how this is done; nonetheless, crucial reading for anyone interested in properly contextualizing Heidegger's understanding art and ontology .

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-10 00:00:00 Kamsiah Yaakub basically arguing that "the Heidegger Affair" was not an error, that there is a continuity between Heidegger pre-1933 and after-1933, i.e. the Heidegger turn. However, it's not a condemnation. Lacoue-Labarthe contends that Heidegger's work can shed light on Nazism itself, exactly through his insistence on the aesthetic after 1934. A good read, may be deceptive in its short length, but dense and enlightening.