Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. Martin Heidegger on Humanism 8
6. Chapter Two. Carl Schmitt on God, Law, and the Führer 22
7. Chapter Three. Ernst Jünger on War for the sake of War 35
8. Chapter Four. Karl Löwith on Sense of Humor and Departure from the German Masters 47
9. Chapter Five. Hannah Arendt on Banality 55
10. Chapter Six. Hans-Georg Gadamer on the Phenomenological Disinfection of Language 66
11. Chapter Seven. Jean Améry on Phenomenology in the Death Camp 78
12. Chapter Eight. Jan Assmann on Moses and Violence 84
13. References 93
14. Index of names 99
15. Index of subjects 102