Heidegger and the Romantics: The Literary Invention of Meaning (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy) - Softcover

Vandevelde, Pol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415727979 ISBN 13: 9780415727976

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde’s new study forges this important link.

Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature and philosophy: early German romanticism (especially Schlegel and Novalis), and Heidegger’s work with poetry in the 1930s. Both models offer an alternative to the paradigm of mimesis, as exemplified by Aristotle’s and Plato’s discussion of poetry, and both German romanticism and Heidegger owe a deep debt to Plato. The study goes on to defend the view that Heidegger was influenced by romanticism. The author’s project is thus both historical, showing the specificity of the romantic and Heideggerean works, and systematic, defending aspects of their alternative mode of thinking while also pointing to their weaknesses.

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About the Author

Pol Vandevelde is Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415727979
• ISBN 13: 9780415727976
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216