From “Who we are?” to the Origin of the Political: Heidegger’s Thinking on the Politics of Being

• Main Authors: Wei-Chung Wu, 吳維中
• Other Authors: 陳思賢
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87598540804753029834

碩士 === 臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 98 === As one of the most influential philosophers in 20th century, Heidegger is not only acclaimed for his tremendous effort and achievement on contemplating the question of Being(Seinsfrage), which also inspired other great minds in different intellectual domains; he also suffered some of the most severe critiques for his once “lost” in political actions and practices. Although he could return to his own course with a detached and critical attitude, he was still blamed for not willing to admit his own “fault” directly and publicly. Scholars of philosophy, politics and sociology pose different standpoints, interpretations, and judgments toward the so-called “Heidegger’s Case.” Under such background which forms a pre-understanding, this thesis attempts to return to Heidegger’s thinking legacy as such, takes it as the point of departure, and responds to the core problem of the case－the problem of the political. Based on such studying interest, instead of his political stance and assertions, we concentrate on Heidegger’s philosophical efforts－thinking the question of Being－try to find the foundation for his thinking on the political, locate both the end and the way of his thinking on such question. As a result, the thesis is divided into two major parts. The first part answers the following questions with three chapters: How did the question of Being come into Heidegger’s horizon? How and why such question is connected with the question-raiser’s Being-transitive? During the period between 1927’s magnum opus, Being and Time and the early 1930s, how did Heidegger put a philosophical question which asks “Who we are” as a political question? The second part which includes the fourth chapter represents my own attempt. Following the question “Who we are,” I try to sketch out the contour of the political which Heidegger never put aside but contemplate far more than ever known. Finally, I would like to show that, by way of retrieving its origin and making a leap (Ur-sprung) for it, Heidegger’s interpretation and excavation of polis unified his deliberations between Being, the political and “We.” This also provides us a possibility which enable us to take up the question of how to settle ourselves in the world during the age of the flight of Gods and the exhaustion of the earth, anew and constantly.