Die produktive Fragmentierung
1945-1989 – Die drei Wege nach Auschwitz
📕 E-BookThe Three Paths After Auschwitz — Philosophy in the Cold War
After Auschwitz, philosophy worldwide seeks answers to two fundamental questions: How could this happen? And how can it be prevented?
The three blocs develop three different answers — and all three claim Hegel for themselves.
The Three Paths
The Western Path: Critique of totalitarianism → open society, individual rights (Hayek, Popper, Arendt, Berlin, Ritter School, Gadamer, Frankfurt School)
The Eastern Path: Critique of capitalism → planned economy, social justice (Diamat, Bloch, Harich, Ilyenkov, Praxis Group)
The Third Path: Critique of colonialism → national liberation, cultural autonomy (Fanon, Senghor, Césaire, Liberation Philosophy)
The Caesuras
- 1956: Hungarian Uprising — Crisis of the Eastern Bloc
- 1968: Worldwide revolt — Multiple crisis of all three paths
- 1989: Fall of the Wall — End of the Cold War
Postmodernism as Negation
Postmodernism (Lyotard, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Baudrillard) emerges as critique of all three paths — and develops five aporias that will be realized in Volume 3.
Particular Sensitivity
The chapter on Jewish Philosophy after Auschwitz (Levinas, Jonas, Fackenheim, Yovel) is among the most sensitive of the entire work: Can one still read Hegel after the Shoah?
Losurdo’s Thesis
Fascism as European colonialism turned inward — continuities of racism, Lebensraum ideology, extermination policy. Consequence: Anti-fascism must be anti-colonialism.
Systematic Balance
What remains of each path? What do they teach together? Integration at a higher level — not back to Hegel, not without Hegel, but with Hegel beyond Hegel.
Status: Well advanced — The three worlds, 1968, Postmodernism, 1968-1989 and Summary are written.
Bibliography
- Year
- 2025
- Series
- Hegel-Rezeption (Volume 2)
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