Heidegger accepted awkward prose as the price of overturning the history of philosophy

Evidence

Heidegger admitted that his way of writing produced some ‘awkwardness’, but he thought that a small price to pay for overturning the history of philosophy and bringing us back to Being. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 204

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: ‘When deliberate obscurity is a virtue’ — estrangement, opacity, and difficulty as philosophical method, from Heidegger through Derrida and beyond.
• XREF: connects to: Heidegger’s obscure style reflects an aim to overturn all of metaphysics — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 210; Heidegger deliberately writes obscurely to produce an estrangement akin to Brecht’s theatre — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 204; Heidegger’s lecture style captivated students through dramatic obscurity rather than clarity — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 190 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Heidegger deliberately writes obscurely to produce an estrangement akin to Brecht’s theatre #expands (0.82) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 204