ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 shows how the Marxist view of history, as Heidegger portrays it, conflates politics with economics, thereby setting in motion a counter-turning (Widerkehre) of the contrast between a modern concept of the political (as based on the cycle of production and consumption) and a post-modern vision of seeking a new “measure” through the proprietorship of dwelling. Section one examines how Heidegger’s incorporates the Marxist critique of production, labor, and the exploitation of nature to chart the rise of “techno-capitalism” in the 20th century. Section two shows how Heidegger sees the quandary about the “fate of the earth” as a new focal point to mediate the conflict between modernity and post-modernity, in order to pose a “decision” about what the future may hold in terms of taking up the task of dwelling in concert with nature.
