The counterintuitive logic of the nothing and the gift of nihilism: a reading of Heidegger
Journal
Tópicos
ISSN
2007-8498
Publisher
Universidad Panamericana
Date Issued
2024-08-15
Author(s)
Becker Lorca, Martin Stephan
Type
journal-article
Abstract
This paper presents an interpretation of nihilism based on the logic of nothingness. In the first part, I explore the mode of manifestation of nothingness, arguing that it resides at the core of the negative mode in which the Being of beings reveals itself: its withdrawal is precisely its mode of giving itself to us. To examine this obscure mode of disclosure, I distinguish between two different meanings of nothingness: nothingness as the total other of beings and Being as nothing. Following the latter and the negative and counterintuitive logic that it implies, in the second part, I offer an interpretation of nihilism. If in the age of nihilism “there is nothing to Being itself”—as Heidegger claimed—one may argue—with Heidegger—that this “denial itself had to become the highest and most austere revealing of Being.” This interpretation of nihilism may contradict Heidegger’s own often reactionary views on modernity.
License
Acceso Abierto
How to cite
Becker Lorca, M. S. (2024). La lógica contraintuitiva de la nada y el don del nihilismo: una lectura de Heidegger. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, 70, 221-249. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v700.2761
Table of contents
1. The phenomenology of the nothing -- 1.1. Beings as what is radically other—with respect to Nothing (nihil negativum) -- 1.2. Being as nothing -- 2. Being as nothing: the uncanny gift of nihilism -- 2.1. The recovery of nihilism -- 2.2. Nihilism and the nothing -- 3. Conclusion