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OverviewAddressing Heidegger’s continuing centrality to continental thought, Markus Weidler argues that Heidegger’s prickly charm is best explained in terms of his great ingenuity, crafting a novel genre of writing which promises to harness the revelatory power of artworks for the purpose of philosophical inquiry. In doing so, Heidegger challenges the reader with a provocative form of artisan thinking, which for Weidler is central to understanding the significance of Heidegger’s work overall. In Vorträge und Aufsätze (Public Lectures and Essays) Heidegger declares: 'once it has become anthropology, philosophy perishes from metaphysics.' Remarks critical of 'philosophical anthropology' are scattered throughout his writings, but so far commentators have not connected these tantalizing statements in any systematic way. This book deals with his hostility by addressing what we are to make of Heidegger’s frequent but elusive dismissals of philosophical anthropology as a field of study. This examination of Heidegger’s complex relation to philosophical anthropology traces how pioneering thinkers like Schelling and Schiller paved the way not only for Heidegger but also for some of his potential competitors, most notably Max Scheler and Georg Simmel. Weidler argues that confronting the puzzle over Heidegger’s peculiar relation to philosophical anthropology is also one of the keys to explaining his popularity as a philosopher, which has endured despite revelations of his various personal and political failings. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Markus WeidlerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.399kg ISBN: 9781350175723ISBN 10: 1350175722 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 23 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction: The Decisive Decade from 1936 to 1946 PART I: Back to the 1780s Chapter 1 Philosophical Anthropology: Herder's Pantheism as a Subtext for Heidegger's First Schelling Lecture Chapter 2 Revelation: Heidegger's Second Schelling Lecture vis-a-vis Scheler and Simmel Chapter 3 The Origin of the Work of Art : A Critique of Schiller Incognito and the Beginning of Artisan Thinking PART II: Battleground Nietzsche Chapter 4 Heidegger's Nietzsche Volumes: Nihilism, Physiological Aesthetics, and Volitional Metaphysics Chapter 5 Hegel and Nietzsche in Holzwege: Religious Skepticism, Witnessing, and Subjectity PART III: Poeticsat the Zero Hour Chapter 6 Why Poets? : Cultural Rebirth and the Poetic Inception of Piety Chapter 7 The Letter on Humanism: Modulations of the German Poet in a Demonic Text CODA: Being and Time as an Old-fashioned Book? Chapter 8 Freedom for Death and Prussian Resolve Conclusion: Faith and Fanaticism after Heidegger Notes Selected Bibliography IndexReviewsRarely are books this nuanced also this comprehensive. Anyone interested in Heidegger should read this book. Everyone attempting to think about aesthetics or religion after Heidegger must read it. -- J. Aaron Simmons, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Furman University, USA Weidler's deeply scholarly book situates Heidegger in the history of modern German thought. Weidler corrects the prevalent tendency to read Heidegger out of context and offers us historically grounded arguments for re-assessing Heidegger's problematic relation to the political. This book, which every Heidegger scholar will benefit from, proves the importance of philosophical anthropology and theology for Heidegger's development; it shows that Heidegger's conception of the holy is constructed as an alternative to the German Idealist effort to personalize the absolute. A refreshing and important contribution to Heidegger studies and the history of contemporary philosophy. -- Sean J. McGrath, Professor of Philosophy, Memorial University, Canada Author InformationMarkus Weidler is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Columbus State University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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