Husserl backed Heidegger’s career hoping to restore ideological loyalty but lost the succession

Evidence

Husserl took Heidegger’s rebellion to heart. He had imagined it so differently! They had talked of how Heidegger might take over Husserl’s Nachlass — his legacy of unpublished manuscripts — and carry his philosophy into the future. Having helped him to get the Marburg job, Husserl also helped him to take up his own job in Freiburg when he retired — hoping, as he admitted later, that this would bring Heidegger back into the fold. Instead, with Heidegger installed, Freiburg became the City of Two Phenomenologies. Husserl’s version looked less and less exciting, while Heidegger’s was becoming a cult. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 225

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Husserl demanded total lifelong devotion from his disciples — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 132; Husserl informally adopted Heidegger as a surrogate son and heir — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 186; Husserl came to see Heidegger as a rival to be destroyed philosophically — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 250 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Heidegger enforced Nazi laws that stripped his mentor Husserl’s family of their posts #complicates (0.85) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 272
• Husserl’s patronage advanced Heidegger toward Freiburg’s chair #corroborates (0.82) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 187
• Husserl came to see Heidegger as a rival to be destroyed philosophically #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 250
• Husserl came to regard Heidegger’s philosophy as a dangerous betrayal. #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 250