"Interest in Martin Heidegger was recently reawakened by the revelations, in his newly published 'Black Notebooks', of the full terrible extent of his political commitments in the 1930s and 1940s. The revelations reminded us of the dark allegiances co-existing with one of the most pro...

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1. Verfasser:	Cooper, Ian 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in contemporary literature Routledge studies in contemporary literature
Schlagworte:	Heidegger, Martin / 1889-1976 / Knowledge / Poetry Celan, Paul / Criticism and interpretation Murray, Les A. / 1938-2019 / Criticism and interpretation Heaney, Seamus / 1939-2013 / Criticism and interpretation Poetry Poetry, Modern / History and criticism Transcendence (Philosophy) Poetry / Religious aspects
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Zusammenfassung:	"Interest in Martin Heidegger was recently reawakened by the revelations, in his newly published 'Black Notebooks', of the full terrible extent of his political commitments in the 1930s and 1940s. The revelations reminded us of the dark allegiances co-existing with one of the most profound and important philosophical projects of the twentieth century - one that is of incomparable importance for literature and especially for poetry, which Heidegger saw as embodying a receptiveness to Being and a resistance to the instrumental tendencies of modernity. Poetry and the Question of Modernity from Heidegger to the Present is the first extended account of the relationship between Heidegger's philosophy and the modern lyric. It argues that some of the best-known modern poets in German and English, from Paul Celan to Seamus Heaney and Les Murray, are in deep imaginative affinity with Heidegger's enquiry into finitude, language, and Being. But the work of each of these poets challenges Heidegger because each appeals to a transcendence, taking place in language, that is inseparable from the motion of encounter with embodied others. It is thus poetry which reveals the full measure of Heidegger's relevance in redefining modern selfhood, and poetry which reveals the depth of his blindness"--
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ISBN:	9780367894283 0367894289 9781000030099 1000030091 9781000030075 1000030075