Martin Heidegger / Timothy Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Timothy, 1958-

Series:

Routledge critical thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

xvii, 197 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

Since the publication of his mammoth work, Being and Time, Martin Heidegger has remained one of the most influential figures in contemporary thought, and is a key influence for modern literary and cultural theory.

This guidebook provides and ideal entry-point for readers new to Heidegger, outlining such issues and concepts as:

The limits of 'theory'

The history of being

The origin of the work of art

Language

The literary work

Poetry and the political

Heidegger's involvement with Nazism.

Fully updated throughout and featuring a new section on environmental thought and ecocriticism, this guidebook clearly and concisely introduces Heidegger's crucial work relating to art, language and poetry, and outlines his continuing influence on critical theory. Book jacket.

Contents:

Why Heidegger? 1

1 The limits of the theoretical 9

2 Deep history (Geschichte) 29

3 'The Origin of the Work of Art' 43

4 The death of art? 63

5 Language, tradition and the craft of thinking 73

Interlude: The Hut at Todtnauberg 95

6 Heidegger and the poetic 101

7 Nazism, poetry and the political 125

After Heidegger 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415590891

0415590892

9780415590907

0415590906

9780203829448

0203829441

OCLC:

683247695