The Dark Side of Home (Or How a Famous 20th Century Philosopher Became a Nazi)
Location
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
18-9-2017 7:00 PM
Description
Can it be that the idea of ‘home’ is Janus-faced, that “Home Sweet Home” can all too easily become “Hell On Earth”? This talk will consider these questions through the work of Martin Heidegger, the first modern philosopher to highlight and explore the idea of ‘home’ as an essential component of a meaningful human life—and who, in the process, became a committed subscriber to the Nazi party and its policies of “blood and soil,” “racial purity,” and genocide.
Recommended Citation
Surber, Jere, "The Dark Side of Home (Or How a Famous 20th Century Philosopher Became a Nazi)" (2017). Humanities Symposium. 30.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2017/2017/30
The Dark Side of Home (Or How a Famous 20th Century Philosopher Became a Nazi)
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
Can it be that the idea of ‘home’ is Janus-faced, that “Home Sweet Home” can all too easily become “Hell On Earth”? This talk will consider these questions through the work of Martin Heidegger, the first modern philosopher to highlight and explore the idea of ‘home’ as an essential component of a meaningful human life—and who, in the process, became a committed subscriber to the Nazi party and its policies of “blood and soil,” “racial purity,” and genocide.
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Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts and Sciences