Heidegger’s heritage: The temporal politics of authenticity, then and now

Author Andrew Hom goes through the key arguments from his new Review of International Studies article. The article is part of a special issue on Existentialism that will be published late in 2023.

Conducting a close reading of his account of existence in time, this article argues that from his magnum opus to his final diaries, Heidegger prefigured many existentialist discussions, but his particular conceptualisations of time, temporality, and authentic Being lent political life a dangerous edge. Scrutinising both the conceptual and practical consequences of Heidegger’s thought, this article traces key tensions in his claims that, to realise true Selfhood, we must overcome social time on the road to death.

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