The Holocaust, God, and Philosophy’s ‘Ratlines’ Cover Image

Холокауст, бог и „пацовски канали“ философије
The Holocaust, God, and Philosophy’s ‘Ratlines’

Author(s): Oleg Soldat
Subject(s): Semiology, 19th Century Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Keywords: Aby Warburg: symbolism; Ernst Cassirer; ascending and descending; sign; Davos; Holocaust;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper concerns two mechanisms wich help philosophy to circumvente the subject of Holocaust. These are: the philosophy of Heidegger and the neo-marxists tenets of so called Frankfurt School, especially those of Theodor Adorno. While Heidegger is seen in this paper as a resulting prioritization of chtonic symbolism within the the culture of Wiemar Germany, which pushes out the alternative of Ernst Cassirer, the leftist matrix of Adorno’s thought is equally seen as a distancing paradigm that abolishes Biblical language, through metaphysics. Paper investigates in some details these mechanisms which aim at abolishing strategic solutions of both Jewish nation and Holocaust – in the package of Zionist ideals. Author sees philosophical fixation on generic trajectoria of man-as-species, as a way of devious handling of the specifics of the Jewish existence.

  • Issue Year: 11/2021
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 83-97
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian