Time and trauma : thinking through Heidegger in the thirties

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Time and trauma : thinking through Heidegger in the thirties

Richard Polt

(New Heidegger research)

Rowman & Littlefield International, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this important new book, Richard Polt takes a fresh approach to Heidegger's thought during his most politicized period, and works toward a philosophical appropriation of his most valuable ideas. Polt shows how central themes of the 1930s-such as inception, emergency, and the question "Who are we?"-grow from seeds planted in Being and Time and are woven into Heidegger's political thought. Working with recently published texts, including Heidegger's Black Notebooks, Polt traces the thinker's engagement and disengagement from the Nazi movement. He critiques Heidegger for his failure to understand the political realm, but also draws on his ideas to propose a "traumatic ontology" that understands individual and collective existence as identities that are always in question, and always remain exposed to disruptive events. Time and Trauma is a bold attempt to gain philosophical insight from the most problematic and controversial phase of Heidegger's thought.

Table of Contents

Introduction / 1. Into the Happening of Being / 2. Passing Through the Political / 3. Recovering Politics / 4. Toward Traumatic Ontology / Appendix: Propositions on Emergency / Bibliography / Index

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  • NCID
    BB28547693
  • ISBN
    • 9781786610508
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 283 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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