The Doctrine of the “Man-Guardian” as the Basis of M. Heidegger’s “Anti-Metaphysical” Project. Part 1

The article is devoted to the consideration of the problem of the relationship between M. Heidegger’s ‘anti-metaphysical’ project and the so-called ‘indictment’, which, with the assistance of a significant part of representatives of modern Western philosophy, seeks to present his philosophy as a metapolitical project of affirming the priority significance of German ‘soil’, ‘blood’, ‘destiny’, ‘spirit’ for the world history. Appeals to the meaning of M. Heidegger’s philosophy of the event as a reflection on the historicity of the accomplishment of the truth of Being itself, which has nothing in common with the will to power, which is the apogee of the metaphysical style of thinking, are rejected by these representatives as false and bewitching concepts designed to obscure and hide the ‘true’ intentions of the philosopher. The author of the article presents the thesis that the ‘anti-metaphysical’ project is a marker of the fact that accusations of the national-socialist character of M. Heidegger’s philosophical thinking are groundless and may relate only to his personal views, which had a more or less longterm nature. The development of this thesis is based on the consideration of the criticism of the fundamental ontology of M. Heidegger by the French phenomenologists J.-L. Marion and M. Henry. In analyzing the views of the abovementioned authors, the first part of the article presents a historical-philosophical view of M. Heidegger’s ontology of intentionality as an ecstatic sphere of the being of the beings, or ‘Logos’, which acts as a main element in the structure of the fundamental ontology and metaphysics of finitude “Being-Logos-Beings”.

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Ideas and Ideals
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2025-09-26
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https://doi.org/10.17212/2075-0862-2025-17.3.1-42-62
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Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
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The Doctrine of the “Man-Guardian” as the Basis of M. Heidegger’s “Anti-Metaphysical” Project. Part 1

Danila Malakhov
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Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
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The Doctrine of the “Man-Guardian” as the Basis of M. Heidegger’s “Anti-Metaphysical” Project. Part 1

Danila Malakhov
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The article is devoted to the consideration of the problem of the relationship between M. Heidegger’s ‘anti-metaphysical’ project and the so-called ‘indictment’, which, with the assistance of a significant part of representatives of modern Western philosophy, seeks to present his philosophy as a metapolitical project of affirming the priority significance of German ‘soil’, ‘blood’, ‘destiny’, ‘spirit’ for the world history. Appeals to the meaning of M. Heidegger’s philosophy of the event as a reflection on the historicity of the accomplishment of the truth of Being itself, which has nothing in common with the will to power, which is the apogee of the metaphysical style of thinking, are rejected by these representatives as false and bewitching concepts designed to obscure and hide the ‘true’ intentions of the philosopher. The author of the article presents the thesis that the ‘anti-metaphysical’ project is a marker of the fact that accusations of the national-socialist character of M. Heidegger’s philosophical thinking are groundless and may relate only to his personal views, which had a more or less longterm nature. The development of this thesis is based on the consideration of the criticism of the fundamental ontology of M. Heidegger by the French phenomenologists J.-L. Marion and M. Henry. In analyzing the views of the abovementioned authors, the first part of the article presents a historical-philosophical view of M. Heidegger’s ontology of intentionality as an ecstatic sphere of the being of the beings, or ‘Logos’, which acts as a main element in the structure of the fundamental ontology and metaphysics of finitude “Being-Logos-Beings”.

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