Heidegger and the aesthetics of living / edited by Vrasidas Karalis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karalēs, Vrasidas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The publication brings together contributions by many scholars, academics and researchers on the work of the German philosopher from a variety of perspectives and approaches. Prominent thinkers from various disciplines engage in a fascinating dialogue with the work of Martin Heidegger in an attempt to explain and critically evaluate his contraversial legacy. The volume is an attempt to go beyond the polarised perceptions about the philosophy of Heidegger and present a neo-humanist reading of ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HEIDEGGER AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF EMANCIPATION; CUTTING POETS TO SIZE; GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY AND POLITICS; HEEDING HEIDEGGER'S WAY; THE PITCH BLACK NIGHT OF HUMAN CREATION; MARTIN HEIDEGGER AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF NEGATIVITY; THE INTERPRETATION OF DA-SEIN AS A TRANSFORMATIVE, POETIC AND ETHICAL BEING; MOODS THAT MATTER; TERRENCE MALICK'S THE THIN RED LINE AND THE QUESTION OF HEIDEGGERIAN CINEMA; REFLECTIONS ON HEIDEGGER'S SAYING; ART, TRUTH AND FREEDOM; THE WORK AND THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY; THE AN-DENKEN OF EXISTENTIALISM

MARTIN HEIDEGGER AND THE ALETHEIA OF HIS GREEKSCONTRIBUTORS; INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-19126-8

9786612191268

1-4438-0753-2

OCLC:

816312201