Ponderings XII-XV: Black Notebooks 1939-1941

PonderingsXII-XVisthirdinaseriesoffour\"BlackNotebooks\"whichMartinHeideggercomposedintheearlyyearsofWorldWarII.AsalwayswithHeidegger,thethoughtsexpressedherearenotsuperficialreflectionsoncurrentevents,butinsteadpenetratedeeplyintotheminordertocontemplatetheirhistoricalimportance.Throughouthisponderings,Heideggermeditatesonthecallforanantidotetotherampanttechnologicalattitudewhichviewsallthingswithadismissiveconsumermentality.AlthoughthisvolumecausedquiteascandalwhenoriginallypublishedinGermanduetoreferencestoWorld-Judaism,EnglishreaderswithaccesstothefulltextcannowjudgeforthemselveswhatHeideggermeansinhisuseofthatterm.Instyle,thisnotebookislessaphoristicandmoresustainedthanthepreviousones,butremainsprobing,challenging,andfascinating.,