Heidegger's platonism Mark A. Ralkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ralkowski, Mark, author.

Series:

Continuum studies in continental philosophy.

Continuum studies in continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Platonists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heidegger's Platonism challenges Heidegger's 1940 interpretation of Plato as the philosopher who initiated the West's ontological decline into contemporary nihilism. Mark A. Ralkowski argues that, in his earlier lecture course, On the Essence of Truth, in which he appropriates Plato in a positive light, Heidegger discovered the two most important concepts of his later thought, namely the difference between the Being of beings and Being as such, and the 'belonging together' of Being and man in what he eventually calls Ereignis, the 'event of appropriation'. Ralkowski shows that, far from being the grand villain of metaphysics, Plato was in fact the gateway to Heidegger's later period. Because Heidegger discovers the seeds of his later thought in his positive appropriation of Plato, this book argues that Heidegger's later thought is a return to and phenomenological transformation of Platonism, which is ironic not least because Heidegger thought of himself as the West's first truly post-Platonic philosopher

Contents:

What is platonism?

Untying Schleiermacher's gordian knot

The context of Heidegger's interpretation of Plato : ontotheology and the ontological difference

Heidegger's Platonism

Nihilism : Heidegger's crisis and opportunity

Heidegger and the Greeks : revolutionary thinker or utopian social engineer?

Back from Syracuse? : four reasons to rethink Heidegger's politics

How Heidegger should have read Plato

1. What is Platonism?

2. Untying Schleiermacher's Gordian Knot

3. The Context of Heidegger's Interpretation of Plato

4. Heidegger's Platonism

5. Heidegger's Crisis and Opportunity

6. Revolutionary Thinker or Utopian Social Engineer?

7. Back from Syracuse? Four Reasons to Rethink Heidegger's Politics

8. How Heidegger Should Have Read Plato

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-205) and index

ISBN:

9786612466632

9781472546777

1472546776

9781282466630

1282466631

9781441107237

1441107231

OCLC:

647854432