Wolin, Richard. The Politics of Being: The Political Thought of Martin Heidegger. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992.

Synopsis:

This study reconstructs the relationship between philosophy and politics in the way in which Heidegger’s failure as a politician influenced the redevelopment of philosophy in the 1930s. The author also explains how Heidegger’s failure influenced the content and direction of his later work.