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Heidegger on History and Politics as Events

Heidegger's politics have been subjected to numerous criticisms, most of them by mediocre scribes,² and they have been answered by some of the best minds of the century.³ In the end, to summarize what Heidegger called this "great stupidity,"⁴ one could go with what Peter Sloterdijk later discussed⁵ as an "optical illusion," according to which the "Nazi revolution" is seen as a return to the "specific" (deep-rooted) and the "true" (authentic),⁶ finally regaining, or rather reconquering, the spiritual Heimat after centuries of metaphysical and later techno-scientific wanderings.⁷ Heidegger's resignation after a brief stint (eight months) as Rector of Freiburg University...