Heidegger and the Death of God Between Plato and Nietzsche
This book presents a reading of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy as an effort to strike a middle position between the philosophies of Plato and Friedrich Nietzsche. Duane Armitage interprets the history of Western philosophy as comprising a struggle ov
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Duane Armitage
Heidegger and the Death of God
Duane Armitage
Heidegger and the Death of God Between Plato and Nietzsche
Duane Armitage University of Scranton Scranton, PA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-67578-7 ISBN 978-3-319-67579-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-67579-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017952826 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © John Rawsterne/patternhead.com Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For my mother Lorita
Preface
The following text is a set of reflections upon the philosophy of Martin Heidegger in the context of several thinkers and themes, in particular, Nietzsche and modern science and technology. My primary aim is to address the question of “truth” and thus of “being” in the context of Heidegger’s assessment that Nietzsche’s metaphysics is an expression of the underlying metaphysics of modern science and modern technology. But this inquiry is not an end in itself; that is, I do not intend this book to be a mere descriptive analysis of Heidegger’s thinking, but rather I wish to assess not only whether Heidegger’s thinking accomplishes what he intended, but also whether this thinking answers the most important question concerning being and truth, namely their ontological status visà-vis modern scientific (Nietzschean) reductionism. It seems to me, for reasons I will later outline, the only way to properly pose and answer this question in a modern context is through Heidegger’s engagement with Nietzsche, since this engagement, in particular, seeks to think through and combat the metaphysics of modernity by using Nietzsche a
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