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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The secondary masterworks

Harry Redner

pp. 83-112

Abstract

Out of the experiences of the Kehre and its aftermath emerged the secondary masterworks: Gentile's Genesis and Structure of Society, Lukács' The Destruction of Reason, Heidegger's Nietzsche (Vols. I–IV) and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (together with various other volumes of Nachlass). All of them show the scars of the painful operations of their grafting onto and subsequent, unsuccessful attempts at partial detachment from totalitarianism. The symptoms of mingled hope and despair, aspiration and despondency are evident in them.

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Redner Harry (1997) Malign masters - Gentile Heidegger Lukács Wittgenstein: philosophy and politics in the twentieth century. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 83-112

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25707-2_4

Full citation:

Redner Harry (1997) The secondary masterworks, In: Malign masters - Gentile Heidegger Lukács Wittgenstein, Dordrecht, Springer, 83–112.