Heidegger on art Ingvild Torsen

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torsen, Ingvild, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger 2976-5668

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Art--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"How can we reconfigure our way of understanding all that is, what Heidegger calls “being” – so that we can live differently and more fittingly, together? How can we get a sense of different possibilities for being and doing, that allow for hope and change? How can things show themselves so that we heed them and feel a kind of grateful receptivity to them? To all of these questions, Heidegger’s answer is “art.” This Element aims to make sense of the incredible importance Heidegger affords art, on the one hand, and his pessimistic reflections on the possibilities for both art and life in late modernity, on the other. The author proposes that thinking of the artwork as a measure – opaque, basic, and with a regulative normative force – helps make sense of Heidegger’s thinking and the promise and peril of art"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

An overview of the origin-essay

The work of art as truth and event

The artwork as measure

Aesthetics and history

Modernist art and technology

Van Gogh in Heidegger’s history

Conclusion : Heidegger’s contributions to philosophical aesthetics

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 19, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Torsen, Ingvild Heidegger on art

ISBN:

9781009475433

1009475436

OCLC:

1602952028

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license