ABSTRACT

Offering new and original readings of literature, poetry, and education as interpreted through the conceptual lens of Heidegger’s later philosophy of the "Turn", this book helps readers understand Heidegger’s later thought and presents new takes on how to engage the themes that emerged from his later writing. Suggesting novel ways to consider Heidegger’s ideas on literature, poetry, and education, Magrini and Schwieler provide a deep understanding of the "Turn," a topic not often explored in contemporary Heideggerian scholarship. Their inter- and extra-disciplinary postmodern approaches offer a nuanced examination, taking into account Heidegger’s controversial place in history, and filling a gap in educational research.

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction

The Heideggerian Analysis of Literature, Poetry, and Education: On the Turn in Thought and Language in Heidegger

section I|89 pages

From Philosophy to “Thinking”

chapter 2|42 pages

The Truth of Being as “Historical”

From Being and Time Through “The Origin of the Work of Art” and Contributions to Philosophy (1927–1938)

chapter 3|45 pages

Heidegger’s Critical Confrontation with Hölderlin and Rilke

The Need for the Poet in “Destitute Times” (1934–1955)

section II|115 pages

Reading Literature, Poetry, and Education Through the Heideggerian Lens of the Turn

chapter 4|28 pages

Poietical Difference

Heidegger, Tranströmer, and Rimbaud

chapter 5|38 pages

At the Limit of Metaphysics

Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim and Heidegger’s Thinking after the Turn

chapter 6|32 pages

Rethinking Gelassenheit in Heidegger’s Turn

Releasing Ourselves to the Original Event of Learning

chapter |15 pages

Epilogue

In-Between Origins and Futural Implications: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead With Heidegger