Abstract
This article examines the way Heidegger’s account of the unique spiritual mission of the German people is haunted by certain conceptions of the election of Israel. I argue that Heidegger’s political ontology is informed by three conceptions of the mission of Israel: biblical salvation history, kabbalistic panentheism, and Germany literary Hebraism. To link these disparate historical phenomena to Heidegger’s account of the mission of being German, I develop a methodological approach for understanding Heidegger’s “free use of the national” that accounts for the way it binds different sources into a new figure that is haunted by the spirit of Israel.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 176-223 |
Number of pages | 48 |
Journal | Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 3 Apr 2024 |
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Keywords
- election
- Heidegger
- Herder
- Hölderlin
- Jewish thought
- panentheism