Philosophy, Revision, Critique: Rereading Practices in Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Emerson

Language: English

Published by Stanford University Press, 2001

0804734151 / 9780804734158

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Cloth hardcover, xv + 266 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. In a very good untorn dust jacket. -- The book explores the idea that philosophy is essentially a practice of revisionist rereading and rewriting. Wittenberg argues that philosophical texts are not static but are continuously reappropriated and transformed by future interpretations; revision is central to philosophy, suggesting a text is inseparable from its history of interpretation. The author introduces "paraliptical revisionism," where readers (like Heidegger reading Nietzsche) use rhetoric to express what a text couldn't say explicitly. The reader is not passive but the mechanism that transforms historical texts into new ideas. The text examines Heidegger's lectures to demonstrate how he recontextualizes Nietzsche's philosophy within his own historical framework. Wittenberg also utilizes Ralph Waldo Emerson's work to highlight how revision functions as a form of "rhetorical coercion" over subsequent interpretations. The book engages with key critical theories regarding revision, particularly those from Harold Bloom and Hans-Robert Jauss. The work is regarded as a significant, well-argued contribution to the intersection of philosophy, rhetoric, and history. It is noted for its relevance to studies on the "historicity" of philosophy and literary revision.

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Title
Philosophy, Revision, Critique: Rereading Practices in Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Emerson
Author
David Wittenberg
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Publication year
2001
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0804734151
ISBN 13
9780804734158
Edition
1st Edition

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