Cringe

On “Cringe” and philosophy. You might know that some people consider Martin Heidegger the greatest philosopher (not me, I prefer Tran Duc Thao, and Marx) but Heidegger is nevertheless great on technology. And so sometimes I will read his other works, or listen to people talk about them. Imagine my surprise when this discussion of Heidegger’s early work on Being (and time, etc). ended up a discussion of the feeling of “cringe”! It has philosophical ballast. I don’t know if anyone has addressed this seriously, but if they have, and if they are good, please do send me the things I need to read. ps. who carved Che [or is it Chef] in Heidegger’s bench? pps. I am very tempted to include “cringe” moments in scholarship alongside gripes as a file. Add your favourites in the coments – and I’ll elevate the best ones. Another one today read in a review of the Gab RockStar controversy: ‘a revolutionary career does not lead to banquets and honorary titles, interesting research and professorial…