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Anarchist Singularities or Proprietorial Resentments? on the Christian Problem in Heidegger’s Notebooks of the 1930s

Blanton, Ward (2017) Anarchist Singularities or Proprietorial Resentments? on the Christian Problem in Heidegger’s Notebooks of the 1930s. In: Björk, Mårten and Svenungsson, Jayne, eds. Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 99-129. ISBN 978-3-319-64926-9. E-ISBN 978-3-319-64927-6. (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64927-6) (KAR id:81912)

Abstract

Heidegger abandoned the insights of his promising philosophical anarchism at precisely those moments when he fell into a traditional supersessionist and persecutorial tableau of Christian origins. In order to resist such persecutorial tendencies, philosophy and theology must think more rigorously about the historical modes in which they remain oriented by what this essay refers to as a ‘Christian problem’ our thinking has not yet overcome. This problem is identified above all as the problem of how one conceptualizes self-reliant solidarities without turning the promise of these solidarities into implicit threats against outsiders. The essay argues that the Christian problem is all the more evident in Heidegger’s writings the more he claims to situate himself ‘beyond’ the horizon of Christianity.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-319-64927-6
Uncontrolled keywords: black notebooks; being and time; anti-semitism; Paul Levinas
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Jacqueline Martlew
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2020 13:45 UTC
Last Modified: 08 Dec 2022 21:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/81912 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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