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Broadly, since a fundamental change in the understanding of authenticity, especially how it relates to history and to human volition (referred to below as the active/passive dimension), is central in most interpretations that argue for a strong turn, or Kehre, in Heidegger’s later works, this study provides substantial evidence that there was not nearly as dramatic a shift in Heidegger’s views as many argue. Chapter 1 introduces the issue by discussing Heidegger’s understanding of authenticity in general, ways history and the active/passive dimension could relate to authenticity, the general outlines of strong interpretations in relation to these two issues, and what various interpreters who hold such interpretations argue. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 examine Heidegger’s views on authenticity, history, and the active/passive dimension, in roughly the 1920s, mid to late-1930s, and 1940s-1960s, respectively. 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