Black notebooks

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Black notebooks is the name for the black-bound thinking diaries of the philosopher Martin Heidegger , which he created from 1931 to 1975 with the intention of posthumous publication. His notes should appear in the planned nine volumes (almost 1300 pages) and complete the complete edition .

Name origin

The name comes from the black color of the cover. Heidegger's former private assistant Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann doubted that the title “Black Hefts” could be traced back to Heidegger himself. Peter Trawny , the editor of the "Schwarze Hefte", denied this claim. This designation was invented and used by Heidegger himself, as there is a note from Heidegger in which he speaks of the "records of the black notebooks". For the most part, the booklets have simple headings such as "Considerations", "Notes", "Four booklets", "Notes" and "Preliminary".

With small sketches, Heidegger tried to outline a large narrative of rise and fall and renewed rise of “being” and “humanity”, which at the same time pretends to make “what is happening now” visible.

content

  • Considerations II-VI (1931–1938): Discussion of the decision to become a one-year rectorate at the University of Freiburg in 1933/34.
  • Considerations VII-XI (1938/39): Increasing criticism of Bolshevism and of racial theory as embodiments of "machinations". For the first time, “ Judaism ” comes into view in a problematic manner.
  • Reflections XII-XV (1939–1941): Interpretations of the world war and everyday life as “signs” of “machinations” in all areas of life.
  • Notes IV (1942–1948): Interpretations of the spiritual downfall of the Germans. Further problematic statements about Judaism. The post-war period is experienced as a self-betrayal of the German commission to create the “other beginning” of the history of being. Heidegger also addresses his reactions to the revocation of his teaching license by the Senate of the University of Freiburg on January 19, 1946.

discussion

The third volume of the “Black Hefts” (1939–1941), which was particularly well received by specialist philosophers on the question of Heidegger's relationship to anti-Semitism and subsequently in the feature pages of newspapers, appeared in March 2014. For a summary of the debate, see The Heidegger Controversy .

The first (1931–1938) and second volume (1938/39) were published in February and March 2014. The fourth volume (1942–1948) was published in March 2015. The “Considerations I”, the very first issue, are still missing. According to a statement by the Vittorio Klostermann publishing house, the Heidegger family suspects that Heidegger loaned the "Considerations I" booklet a long time ago and did not get it back.

Of the 33 oilcloth notebooks, the one from 1945/46 was also considered lost for a long time. Heidegger had given it to Silvio Vietta's mother . Shortly before the publication of the other “black books” in 2014, it reappeared from its inventory. According to Vietta, there was “not a single sentence against Jews, not a single anti-Semitic word” in the magazine. The editor of the volume, Peter Trawny, contradicted this . After negotiations with the Marbach literature archive , the booklet was published in volume 97 in 2015.

See also

output

  • Peter Trawny (Ed.): Martin Heidegger: Thoughts II-VI (Black Hefts 1931-1938). Complete edition Volume 94. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-465-03814-6 .
  • Peter Trawny (Ed.): Martin Heidegger: Considerations VII-XI (Black Hefts 1938/39). Complete edition Volume 95. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-465-03832-0 .
  • Peter Trawny (ed.): Martin Heidegger: Considerations XII-XV (Black Hefts 1939-1941). Complete edition Volume 96. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-465-03838-2 .
  • Peter Trawny (Ed.): Martin Heidegger: Notes IV (Black Hefts 1942–1948). Complete edition Volume 97. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-465-03870-2 .
  • Peter Trawny (Ed.): Martin Heidegger: Notes VI-IX (Black Hefts 1948 / 9–1951). Complete edition Volume 98. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-465-00583-4 .

literature

  • Donatella Di Cesare : Heidegger, the Jews, the Shoah . Klostermann, Frankfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3-465-04253-2 .
  • Michèle Cohen-Halimi, Francis Cohen: The Trawny Case: On the "Black Hefts" Heideggers , Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2016
  • Hans-Helmuth Gander , Magnus Striet (ed.): Heidegger's way into modernity. A location of the "black books" . Klostermann, Frankfurt 2017, ISBN 978-3-465-04269-3 .
  • Walter Homolka , Arnulf Heidegger (ed.): Heidegger and anti-Semitism. Positions in conflict. With letters from Martin and Fritz Heidegger . Herder, Freiburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-451-37529-3 .
  • Marion Heinz , Sidonie Kellerer (ed.): Martin Heidegger's "Black Hefts". A philosophical-political debate . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-29778-0 .
  • Jean-Luc Nancy : Heidegger's banality . diaphanes, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03734-920-5 .
  • Arpad Sölter: Mirrors of Evil. Cultural Criticism, Critique of Modernity, and Anti-Semitism in Heidegger's Thought. In: Daniel Pedersen (ed.): Cosmopolitism, Heidegger, Wagener - Jewish Reflections, Stockholm: Judisk kultur i Sverige / Jewish Culture in Sweden 2017, pp. 125–142.
  • Peter Trawny: Heidegger and the myth of the Jewish world conspiracy. 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-465-04238-9 .
  • Peter Trawny: Irrnisfuge. Heidegger's anarchy. Series: Fröhliche Wissenschaft, Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95757-032-1 .
  • Peter Trawny, Andrew J. Mitchell: Heidegger, the Jews, one more time . Klostermann, Frankfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-465-04245-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Hesse: With Heidegger against Heidegger. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. June 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Peter Trawny: Heidegger and the myth of the Jewish world conspiracy. 3rd, revised. and exp. Edition. Klostermann, Frankfurt 2015, p. 13.
  3. ↑ Uwe Justus Wenze: The black of the soul. An attempt to read Martin Heidegger's “Schwarze Hefte”. In: NZZ. April 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Source: Vittorio Klostermann Verlag
  5. ^ Klostermann Verlag Internet site
  6. ↑ Peter Trawny: Heidegger and the myth of the Jewish world conspiracy. 3rd, revised. and exp. Edition. Klostermann, Frankfurt 2015, p. 139.
  7. ↑ Alexander Cammann: Missing work by Heidegger surfaced. zeit.de January 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hermann Schlösser: Power is the lure. In: Wiener Zeitung. February 16, 2014.