The philosopher’s meditations on nature, technology, and evil,
written in the final years of WWII, presented in “clear and highly
readable translation” (Philosophy in Review). First published in
German in 1995, volume 77 of Heidegger’s Complete Works consists of
three imaginary conversations written as World War II was coming to an
end. Composed at a crucial moment in history and in Heidegger’s own
thinking, these conversations present meditations on science and
technology; the devastation of nature, World War II, and the nature of
evil. Heidegger also delves into the possibility of release from
representational thinking into a more authentic relation with being
and the world. The first conversation involves a scientist, a scholar,
and a guide walking together on a country path; the second takes place
between a teacher and a tower-warden, and the third features a younger
man and an older man in a prisoner-of-war camp in Russia, where
Heidegger’s two sons were missing in action. Unique because of
their conversational style, this lucid and precise translation of
these texts offers insight into the issues that engaged Heidegger’s
wartime and postwar thinking.
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ISBN
9780253004390
Publisert
2013
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Indiana University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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