Heidegger’s Kehre was a gradual shift from Dasein’s active demands toward receptive waiting

Evidence

Even before the war, Heidegger’s philosophising had changed, as he gave up writing about resoluteness, Being-towards-death, and other bracing personal demands on Dasein, and shifted to writing of the need to be attentive and receptive, to wait and to open up — the themes that are woven through the prisoner-of-war dialogue. This change, known as Heidegger’s Kehre, or ‘turn’, was not an abrupt whirl-around as the word suggests, but a slow readjustment, like that of a man in a field who gradually becomes aware of the movement of the breeze in the wheat behind him, and turns to listen. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 579

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Kehre (turn) precisely: not abrupt but a slow philosophical readjustment toward receptivity and waiting.
• XREF: Connects to the shift from Being and Time’s resoluteness to the ‘turning’ theme; relates to discussions of passive versus active stances in Continental thought. — connects to: Heidegger’s ‘turn’ moved his thought toward receptivity and away from resoluteness. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 310; Dasein’s being is constituted by time and place, not universal reason — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 291; Heidegger’s later philosophy drained Dasein of human agency and action — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 595 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Heidegger’s later philosophy drained Dasein of human agency and action #complicates (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 595
• Heideggerian letting-be requires active attention, not passive indifference #qualifies (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 588