“The Philosophers and the Birth of National Socialism” — Gdańsk lecture

I gave a talk in Gdańsk, Poland, on “The Philosophers and the Birth of National Socialism.” Along the way we discuss Oswald Spengler, Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, Friedrich Nietzsche, and others. The video of the lecture and question period is here (or at YouTube):

Thanks to Dr. Marek Szymaniak of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk for the invitation to speak and to Professor Piotr Kostyło for his introduction and commentary.

My fuller thoughts on one philosopher’s relationship to the Nazis is here.

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