Heidegger on language and death : the intrinsic connection in human existence /
Martin Heidegger was one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. His analysis of human existence proves an inexhaustible ground for thinkers of all backgrounds who seek answers for their specific questions left open or opened up by our times. This book explores the intrinsic connec...
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2009.
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| Series: | Continuum studies in continental philosophy.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Death's Impact on Existence is Language
- 2 Religious-Philosophical Implications of Heidegger's Concept of Death: Traces of Paul and Bultmann in Heidegger
- Part Two: Origin, Evolution and Motivation of Language
- 3 Heidegger on the Origin of Language in Being and Time
- 4 The Legacy of Herder in Heidegger's Language Origin Theory: How Heidegger Ontologized Herder
- 5 The Birth of Language as Language of Death: Death as the Birthplace of Language
- Part Three: Hegel, Benjamin and the Case for Heidegger's Linguistic Ontology
- 6 The (Linguistic) Awakening of Spirit in the Presence of Death: A Heideggerian Reading of Hegel's Conception of Language
- 7 Walter Benjamin: An Unacknowledged Predecessor of Martin Heidegger
- 8 Heidegger's Parmenides: The Journey to Truth as the Emergence of Language into Immortality.
