Ever since the shocking revelations of the fascist ties of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, Postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a compromised past.
His books include The Wind from the East and Heidegger\'s Children (both Princeton)..
About the Author: Richard Wolin is Distinguished Professor of History and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
In a new preface, Wolin revisits this illiberal Intellectual lineage in light of the contemporary resurgence of political authoritarianism.
The result is a compelling and unsettling reinterpretation of the history of modern thought.
Jung, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Georges Bataille, and Maurice Blanchot were seduced by fascism\'s promise of political regeneration and how this misapprehension affected the Intellectual core of their work.
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Wolin reveals how, during in the 1930s, C.
He questions postmodernism\'s claim to have inherited the mantle of the Left, suggesting instead that it has long been enamored with the opposite end of the political spectrum.
In this Intellectual genealogy of the postmodern spirit, Richard Wolin shows that postmodernism\'s infatuation with Fascism has been extensive and widespread.
Ever since the shocking revelations of the fascist ties of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, Postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a compromised past
