ProSeminar: Late Heidegger

Course Description

A selection of readings from Martin Heidegger’s late work, focusing on his discussion of thinking, poetry, gods, works of art and things. Late Heidegger was consumed with the question how cultures in the modern West can gather and preserve meaningful possibilities of existence for the people who live in them. We will focus for some time especially on Heidegger’s reading of the German poet Hölderlin, whom he interprets as the paradigm of a poet who resonates with and preserves meaning in “destitute times”. We will also examine Heidegger’s difficult views concerning technology and its role in our modern world.

Class Materials:

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - Conclusion

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - Building Dwelling Thinking

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - Hölderlin and the essence of poetry - TWTL

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - Remembrance

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - What Are Poets For? II

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - What Are Poets For? I

ProSeminar: Late Heidegger - Turning

Proseminar: Late Heidegger - QCT II

Proseminar: Late Heidegger - QCT I

Proseminar: Late Heidegger - On the Work of Art III

Proseminar: Late Heidegger - On The Work of Art II

Proseminar: Late Heidegger - Background On the Work of Art

Proseminar: Late Heidegger - Introduction