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Speaking against number : Heidegger, language and the politics of calculation / Stuart Elden.
LIBRA JA71 .E39 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elden, Stuart, 1971-
- Series:
- Taking on the political (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Taking on the political
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Political and social views.
- Heidegger, Martin.
- Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 192 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Stuart Elden Provides a detailed analysis of the relationship between language, politics, and mathematics in Heidegger's work. He shows that question of language and calculation in Heidegger are inherently political and that his work is far more concerned with politics than is usually admitted.
- Contents:
- 1 Speaking: Rhetorical Politics
- Logos, Logic and Speech 17
- Reading Aristotle 21
- The Importance of Rhetoric 27
- Being Together Politically 32
- From Mitsein to Community 36
- Phronesis and Leadership 42
- 2 Against: Polemical Politics
- 'The Inner Truth ...' 72
- '... and Greatness ...' 79
- '... of National Socialism' 90
- 3 Number: Calculative Politics
- The Problem of World 116
- Arithmetic and Geometry 123
- Descartes and Extension 130
- The Measure of All Things 139
- The Politics of Calculation 144
- Taking the Measure of the Political 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 074861981X
- OCLC:
- 61425552
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