Die unzeitgemäße Situation der Philosophie in der Epoche des Nihilismus

The Untimely Situation of Philosophy in the Epoch of Nihilism --- The starting point of the paper is the assumption that the self-understanding of philosophy today is epochally shaped by the announcement of the “uncanniest of all guests”—nihilism. This presents us with the task of determining the untimeliness of philosophy in the age of nihilism, for which a critical examination of philosophy’s current position in the academic, cultural, social, and informational environment is far from sufficient. It is worth pointing out that it is precisely the exaggerated overpreoccupation and obsession with the actual and the activistic today that is a signal of the nihilism at work here. Philosophy’s proper response to this is to remain and persevere in its untimeliness. Only in this way can it perhaps succeed in keeping open the question of the measure of time in the epoch of nihilism.