Epochal discordance : Holderlin's philosophy of tragedy / Veronique M. Foti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fóti, Véronique Marion.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843--Philosophy.

Hölderlin, Friedrich.

Tragedy--Philosophy.

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Friedrich Hölderlin must be considered not only a significant poet but also a philosophically important thinker within German Idealism. In both capacities, he was crucially preoccupied with the question of tragedy, yet, surprisingly, this book is the first in English to explore fully his philosophy of tragedy. Focusing on the thought of Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Reiner Schürmann, Véronique M. Fóti discusses the tragic turning in German philosophy that began at the close of the eighteenth century to provide a historical and philosophical context for an engagement with Hölderlin. She goes on to examine the three fragmentary versions of Hölderlin's own tragedy, The Death of Empedocles, together with related essays, and his interpretation of Sophoclean tragedy. Fóti also addresses the relationship of his character Empedocles to the pre-Socratic philosopher and concludes by examining Heidegger's dialogue with Hölderlin concerning tragedy and the tragic.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Prefatory Note

Prologue

The Tragic Turning and Tragic Paradigm in Philosophy

Communing with the Pure Elements: The First Two Versions of The Death of Empedocles

Singularity and Reconciliation: The Third Version of The Death of Empedocles

Between Hölderlin’s Empedocles and Empedocles of Akragas

The Faithless Turning: Hölderlin’s Reading of Oedipus Tyrannos

Dys-Limitation and the “Patriotic Turning”: Sophocles’ Antigone

From an Agonistic of Powers to a Homecoming: Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Sophocles

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Persons

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791481189

0791481182

9781429412858

1429412852

OCLC:

74908297