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(2016) Non-metaphysical theology after Heidegger, Dordrecht, Springer.

Why only a God can save us

atonement

Peter S. Dillard

pp. 131-146

The foregoing exchange is an excerpt from a posthumously published interview with Heidegger, in which the philosopher addresses his political engagement with National Socialism. It prompts the question of exactly why the pro-Nazi statements Heidegger made in 1933 were things he stopped saying by 1934 and would no longer write after that. In the excerpt, Heidegger describes his earlier statements as a bit of hyperbole intended to placate the Nazi authorities and thus ensure his own academic survival. However, over the course of the interview, Heidegger provides a more nuanced philosophical explanation.

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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-58480-9_9

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Dillard, P. S. (2016). Why only a God can save us: atonement, in Non-metaphysical theology after Heidegger, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 131-146.

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